From: "M. Edward (Ed) Borasky" <znmeb@...>
Date: 2006-08-29T12:41:01+09:00
Subject: Re: Dr. Dobb's dumps on RedCloth

James Britt wrote:
> 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.)
> 
> 
Well now ... I agree with Dr. Dobbs in this case. Give me WYSIWYG or
give me HTML, but don't make me learn a *third* language to mark up text!