On 11/17/09 3:17 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > 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?
Yes SSX "mod" is the alternative. Jerome. > > 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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
