On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote: > On 11/17/09 2:59 PM, Ecaterina Valica wrote: >>> >>> Last but not least, rather than "text usually looks good" I'd like >>> to see >>> an >>> explanation + examples of pages showing how justifying text will >>> make XWiki >>> easier to use for its users (will it make reading faster? will it >>> make >>> pages >>> look more consistent and thus easier to grok by users?). Until >>> then I'm not >>> convinced it's a good change. >>> >>> To summarize: in most cases justify won't bring much value and >>> it's less >>> flexible and causes more issues than align left. I won't change my >>> mind >>> unless I see how it makes reading more effective on a production >>> wiki with >>> "real life" text. >>> >> >> It's not a matter of which one is "easier to use for its users" - the >> alignment of the text is more of a layout integration / consistency. >> >> Justify is usually more formal and yes looks great in prints and >> large >> texts. Since XWiki is a platform and doesn't not means just large >> quantities >> of text, I agree we can make it back to left aligment for the web, >> because >> apparently left align is more spread in this area. >> >> How about having p justify aligned when we print the page or export >> it (to >> pdf for ex)? > > Having a global "Presentation" preference in the administration to > easily allow making paragraph justified could be interesting, WDYT?
I think it might be overkill (and would add unnecessary complexity). Especially since this can be done easily using a SSX, right? I haven't seen anyone asking for this so I doubt we need it right now. Thanks -Vincent _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
