On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote: > 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.
BTW making SSX/JSX "mods" avail on code.xwiki.org would be good. -Vincent > 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
