----- Original Message ----- > From: "Brion Vibber" <[email protected]>
> A good document structure would allow useful editing for both simple > paragraphs and complex features like tables and templates even on such > primitive devices, by giving a dedicated editing interface the > information it needs to address individual paragraphs, template > parameters, table cells, etc. A 'dedicated editing interface' is the canonical counter example to my #1 fundamental tenet of program and systems design: "Get The Glue Right". The Right Glue, in this case, is bare HTML, which can be run nearly everywhere these days. > I would go so far as to say that this sort of fallback interface would > in fact be far superior to editing a big blob of wikitext on a small cell > phone screen -- finding the bit you want to edit in a huge paragraph full of > references and image thumbnails is pretty dreadful at the best of > times. Of course it would. But the target audience here isn't people who *have* anything else; it's people in the Sudan. Well, the target audience I see from up here at 43,000 feet. Cheers, -- jra _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
