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> one |
> top |
> bottom |
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> left |
> right |
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> Whearas with twiki I just do
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> | one | top | bottom |
> || left | right |
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> Which one do you think a non-technical user finds less intimidating?
The last one. But I'd never use it, because I would have to learn yet
another structure. Maybe, just mabye I'd jump to the efferort if
everyone who does not use HTML used the same syntax, but as it is now
there are too many different syntaxes. For instance: bbcodes, wikipedia,
piclist (or are some of these the same?). And at least two formats for
my work.
You'd have to ask yourself whether it is important that a non-techie
finds something less intimidating. The ratio of tech/nontech on things
like piclist and even the web in general are not what they are in the
'normal' world! And with those nice syntaxes: where is defined how I
write ( one | top ) as it is, for instance for a C expression? It does
not matter that that is less common, in the end I will have to learn
that anyway.
I work for two departments of my school (informatics and electronics).
The school has no standard information sharing system, so both
departments have a totally different system. Of course they both can do
all sorts of wonderfull things, but I already know HTML so I just make
my own webpages. On my own server. Why that? For one thing the school
recently changed its name from HvU to HU, so not it is changing all its
server names. Which will make all pages unfindable through google for
some time. Apparently they don't want to be found ...
Wouter van Ooijen
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