----- Original Message ----- From: Giacomo Pati <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 30, 2001 7:31 AM Subject: Re: sharing microsoft experience
> Quoting Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > (this is getting very interesting but slighlty OT - maybe we should > > start a > > new list where we could also discuss the requirements of a content > > editor?) > > > > I agree with Steven that installing yet another browser is mostly seen > > as a > > PITA by administrators. > > > > But IMHO a content editor could be seen and "marketed" as a separate > > application - basing it on the Mozilla code base (assuming it makes > > sense) > > would not necessarily mean saying "Mozilla can now be used as a content > > editor" but could be "we have a content editor, and the code is based on > > Mozilla, by the way". > > Yes, this is the way to go. > > > > > I don't think people would resist installing a new client application if > > it > > brings measurable benefits regarding content editing. Just don't tell > > them > > it's a new *browser*. > > Absolutely. Many use cases for CMS like apps will really benefit if you can base > your content on Schemas. Sure there are cases where a "free form HTML editor" > will be appropriate but often content writer will be supposed to write the > content based on a fixed Schema. > Q: Is this discussion about writing just another HTML editor, or about building an abstracted content editor where structure, layout and style can be assembled from the contributions of multiple authors (using XML, XSLT, etc., of course). The real trick is to build a really neat (and usable) XSLT editor for writing the stylesheets that enable abstract data (XML) to be generated into human readable form. Adrian > > I don't know enough about the Mozilla code to be positive about this, > > but > > maybe there are other code bases that would be better suited to creating > > an > > XML content editor - Amaya, Swing, OpenOffice, others? > > As I can see it today (sure I'm not the dancing on all floors) mozilla promises > the most adaptable open source code base to build such an editor upon. > > Giacomo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
