On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 12:23:11 -0500
"David Lee" <> wrote:
> Take an example. Does ANYONE "Hand Author" Word or PDF
> documents ? I think not.
I'd disagree there David. The most common text authoring tool perhaps?
Or did you mis-write that?
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> Yet does anyone complain about how hard it is to author Word or PDF
> Documents ? All I hear from authors is how they DON'T want to author
> XML,
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> they want Word. The actual file format is irrelevant to most
> document authors (except us geeks).
I guess you're missing the obvious benefit of Word authoring?
The author can make it look how he/she wants? That's meaningful
to many authors.
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> The user experience in the application is what authors see.
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> So I ask, "Is Hand Authoring XML an important design criteria?" .
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> I suggestion "No", but rather "Availability of good Authoring Tools"
> is what's critical.
too subtle for me :-) Emacs is my 'good authoring tool'.
But I class that along with word as an authoring tool?
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