From: James Britt Date: 2006-08-31T01:34:39+09:00 Subject: Re: Dr. Dobb's dumps on RedCloth Doug H wrote: > James Britt wrote: > >>David Vallner wrote: >> >> >> >>>But Dr. Dobbs' point -is- valid, exposing someone to that by default, >>>heck, without a WYSIWYG alternative is just vile - even if it's >>>technically a very good alternative to HTML, it's an annoying We Know >>>What's Good For You Better Than You Do attitude to your users / >>>customers. >> >>It seems more like a "We're offering an option for people who prefer >>Textile to WYSIWYG or hand-coded HTML, since no one is forced to use any >>of these tools, and choice is good" attitude. >> >>The reviewer missed this same point. > > > He stated a valid opinion, No, it was an ill-informed opinion. > so you spewed ad hominems and fud like "WYSIWYG is so '90s". An ad hominem is an attack on the person. I used parody to mock his opinion, not him. "[C]ouldn't handle" and "spewed"? Really; whose FUD'ing whom with the ad hominems now? -- James Britt "Inside every large system there's a small system trying to get out". - Chet Hendrickson