Damien Tournoud wrote: > - It is doubtful that a WYSIWYG editor improve usability
Hear, hear. BBCode and Markdown isn't hard to get into, and it's used on all forums I've ever seen. On the few forums that offer a choice between BBcode and WYSIWYG, people complain that WYSIWYG is clumsy to work with, puts extra line-breaks and paragraphs where you don't want them, doesn't usually reflect how your post will actually look after submission, and slows down the browser. I feel that the very concept of WYSIWYG editors does great damage to user experience - ultimately, learning to emphasize like *this* or /this/ or even [i]this[/i] will be less frustrating than clicking buttons that don't quite do what you want. The only "familiar experience" it offers is similarity with poorly written word processors that these same users are usually cursing all day. Madness! :( (Sorry for the rant.) -- Aran
