- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2006 23:40:19 +0200
On Nov 30, 2006, at 17:57, Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis wrote: > On Thu, 2006-11-30 at 17:16 +0200, Henri Sivonen wrote: > >> Without labels, I do think that regardless of how the HTML5 spec >> turns out, WordPress has an architectural flaw in its methodology of >> producing markup. Since the flaw is in the architecture, I am not >> optimistic of it getting fixed in WordPress because it would require >> a rewrite. I'm hoping that at some point, a better system enters the >> market. Meanwhile, asking the WP developers to rewrite theirs seems >> unproductive. > > Why? WordPress is much more than just the code: it is also a thriving > brand and community. Any /new/ system would have a big battle on its > hands to displace established players. Of course, it would be better to have a better system get the community and brand benefits of WordPress. However, I believe that motivating the WordPress developers to write a new better but incompatible (with old plugins) system is not something that can be induced from the outside by just talking. It is the kind of change that is more difficult to carry out in an existing team and product community than to create a new product identity for. Even if it were to happen under the banner of WordPress, it would need to be driven by strong will from inside the team. The best way to induce such will from the outside is to create competitive pressure. -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen at iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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