Lee Daniel Crocker <lee(a)piclab.com> writes:
On Thu, 2005-05-12 at 09:33 +0200, Karl Eichwalder
wrote:
I do not ask for HTML, I vote for XML. Our
all-time-morphing
wiki-syntax is not user-friendly.
Yes, The current wiki syntax is dreadful, and getting worse with
every release. But using XML doesn't solve the problem, it just
puts up a big barrier to entry for newcomers.
I think different. Those who don't know or don't like XML can write
<p>simple paragraphs</p> without any markup at all. After editing some
article the markup is self-explaining:
<table>
<row>
<entry>...</entry>
</row>
<row>
<entry>...</entry>
</row>
</table>
I never edit table boxes, too complicate,
Haha! LOL! That was a really good one. Just so you know, the current
table syntax is *waaaay* easier for non-techies than the XML-based
syntax you have mentioned above. When you say you find it easier, what
you really mean is just that you're used to it, or that it is similar to
something you're used to (namely, HTML), or that you came up with it
(and therefore naturally understand it). Unfortunately that doesn't
speak for non-technically-minded people!
Timwi