> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Mathias Schindler" <[email protected]> >> To: "Wikimedia developers" <[email protected]> >> Sent: Saturday, January 1, 2011 10:34:00 AM >> Subject: Re: [Wikitech-l] WYSIWTF working demo >> On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 1:50 PM, Magnus Manske >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > What I would like is some discussion about >> > * if this approach (working pseudo-WYSIWYG instead of unattainable >> > perfect WYSIWYG) is the way to go >> > * if the code I wrote would be a suitable basis for a system we can >> > throw at the general public >> > * if anyone is willing to help me with that >> >> I love it and for the sake of demonstration the deep impact of the >> approach, I recommend one minor change: >> >> * deactivate or hide or shrink the "read" and "edit" tab as they are >> now obsolete or make the WYSIWTF tab the default display. > > Are like hell. > > Some people -- you can include me in this -- *actively* hate WYSIWYG > editing, > thank-you-very-much. Good bet at least 30-50% of Wikipedia's "power > editors" > are very well versed in MWtext[1], and how to use it to get what they > want; > I wouldn't recommend making it hard for those people to keep doing what > they've > been doing. > > Cheers, > -- jra > > [1] Yes, I've just made that statistic up, but I expect it will track > with > other similar statistics.
I'll admit to hating Wikia's new system, but so far this looks interesting. Even there though you don't have to select it. Fred Bauder _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
