Comments on: On wikitext and wysiwygs http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/2008/12/on-wikitext-and-wysiwygs/ Free content, free software and just about anything else free Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:12:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Jacopo http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/2008/12/on-wikitext-and-wysiwygs/comment-page-1/#comment-15 Jacopo Fri, 19 Dec 2008 15:33:53 +0000 http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/?p=71#comment-15 Yes, the patch will need some rewriting before being proposed. A good framework for visual editor extensions will be very useful, though. Yes, the patch will need some rewriting before being proposed. A good framework for visual editor extensions will be very useful, though.

]]> By: Chad http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/2008/12/on-wikitext-and-wysiwygs/comment-page-1/#comment-14 Chad Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:16:00 +0000 http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/?p=71#comment-14 Re: Jacopo Seems promising. Not sure about the patch going into core (although I'm far from being the final authority). It seems rather single-purpose at a quick glance, not useful for much outside MeanEditor. Re: Tgr This is true. Making LivePreview <u>not</u> suck would be a great step in the right direction. That plus a WYSIWYM editor dealing with a subset of wikitext (the simple everyday things) could work. Haven't played with Jacopo's extension yet, however. Re: Jacopo
Seems promising. Not sure about the patch going into core (although I’m far from being the final authority). It seems rather single-purpose at a quick glance, not useful for much outside MeanEditor.

Re: Tgr
This is true. Making LivePreview not suck would be a great step in the right direction. That plus a WYSIWYM editor dealing with a subset of wikitext (the simple everyday things) could work. Haven’t played with Jacopo’s extension yet, however.

]]> By: Tgr http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/2008/12/on-wikitext-and-wysiwygs/comment-page-1/#comment-13 Tgr Sat, 13 Dec 2008 17:44:31 +0000 http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/?p=71#comment-13 I think WYSIWYM (intuitive syntax highlighting, like WikEd but without the feature creep) plus live preview will be the way to go. On one hand, it is still somewhat harder to learn than a WYSIWYG, on the other, a WYSIWYG would widen the gap between users who can use advanced wikicodes (template parameters, html etc.) and those who can't, so WYSIWYM sort of empowers users, which I think is much closer to the the wiki way than the traditional concept of user-friendliness. I think WYSIWYM (intuitive syntax highlighting, like WikEd but without the feature creep) plus live preview will be the way to go. On one hand, it is still somewhat harder to learn than a WYSIWYG, on the other, a WYSIWYG would widen the gap between users who can use advanced wikicodes (template parameters, html etc.) and those who can’t, so WYSIWYM sort of empowers users, which I think is much closer to the the wiki way than the traditional concept of user-friendliness.

]]> By: Jacopo http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/2008/12/on-wikitext-and-wysiwygs/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Jacopo Wed, 10 Dec 2008 16:55:32 +0000 http://anyonecanedit.org/blog/?p=71#comment-12 What about focusing on a small subset of Wikitext? After all, inexperienced users do not need very advanced features anyway. For a proof of concept see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MeanEditor What about focusing on a small subset of Wikitext? After all, inexperienced users do not need very advanced features anyway.

For a proof of concept see http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:MeanEditor

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