From: James Britt <james.britt@...>
Date: 2006-08-29T12:09:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Dr. Dobb's dumps on RedCloth

Bil Kleb wrote:
> As part of their "best Ajax" article:
> 
>  http://www.ddj.com/dept/architect/192203368?pgno=7
> 
>  Welcome to the 1980s. Want to make text bold? You'll
>  have to put the characters * and * around it. For big
>  text, first type in h1. All that's missing is a DOS
>  prompt and a floppy disk. No thanks -- been there,
>  done that.

The browser address bar is the DOS prompt.  Welcome the the 21st C. 
Besides, WYSIWYG is so '90s.

I much prefer Writely to Writeboard, but this reviewer so misses the 
point it's laughable.

(I think the last good issue of Dr. Dobbs was the 30th anniversary one.)


-- 
James Britt

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