On 11/17/09 3:28 PM, Vincent Massol wrote: > > 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.
You mean as a distinct category ? > > -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 _______________________________________________ devs mailing list [email protected] http://lists.xwiki.org/mailman/listinfo/devs
