I've been following this thread with interest, and I wasn't able to articulate exactly what I wanted to say until now.
For my purposes, WikiEd provides a Simple GUI, and I need to be telling the people I work with (and study with) that that is the case....I'm at school, and I suggested my study group use WikiSpaces precisely because it "appears" to be more user-friendly than WikiEd (even though most of my professional activities are on WikiEd). Well, the tradeoffs just weren't worth it. (if you're interested: http://omd.wikispaces.com - Cultural Handbook) My mates caught on really quickly - we could have gone straight away to WikiEd - and we would have had more flexibility, security and the pleasure of contributing actively to this growing community. I do recognize that there are technical issues, but I also believe it has a lot to do with the "positioning" and setting of expectations. WikiEd's Simple GUI is easy to learn, and the box where you can do the editing with all the fancy icons at top, is plenty for the average, basic user. I've learned for next time - luckily I've got a few more semesters to go in my program. (I'll be porting some of the Culture Handbook content over to WikiEd, in any case.) - Randy On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:51 PM, James Neill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > i tell a lie - try it out > http://mediawiki.fckeditor.net/index.php/Sandbox > > is this extension being considered? > > > if i'm going to try selling WV or WE to my colleagues, i think i'd need > WYSIWIG editing > > > > James Neill wrote: > > sounds like a MW WYSIWIG editor is still a pretty long way off: > http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/WYSIWYG_editor > > i am surprised the WM foundation doesn't seem to be pursuing this more > aggressively - it seems to me the single code innovation which could have > the greatest impact in terms of encouraging grass-roots engagement with the > various wikis > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikiversity-l mailing [EMAIL > PROTECTED]://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikiversity-l > > > > -- > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Web: http://wilderdom.com > Twitter: http://twitter.com/jtneill > Wiki/blog: http://ucspace.canberra.edu.au/x/fIAeAg > Bookmarks: http://del.icio.us/jtneill > > > > -- ________________ Randy Fisher aka "Wikirandy for WikiEducator" http://www.wikieducator.org/User:Wikirandy + 1 604.684.2275 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.hirerandy.com Skype: wikirandy --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "WikiEducator" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
