From: Philip Hallstrom <ruby@...>
Date: 2006-08-29T13:09:00+09:00
Subject: Re: Dr. Dobb's dumps on RedCloth

>>> 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!

Didn't you mean to say "don't make me learn a <b>third</b> language to 
mark up text" ?

:-)

Sorry... I just couldn't help myself :-)