- From: John Russell <ve3ll@rac.ca>
- Date: Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:59:19 -0400
- To: www-amaya@w3.org
The following is the opening paragraph on the Amaya Overview Page. Amaya Overview Amaya is a complete web browsing and authoring environment and comes equipped with a WYSIWYG style of interface, similar to that of the most popular commercial browsers. With such an interface, users do not need to know the HTML or CSS languages. I think that the last line is really misleading for those who are investigating Amaya for the first time. There is no way around not knowing what tags do what for a document prior to creating one. Amaya does not even use walk thru dialogs for setting up a document. Amaya does many things well. It guarantees that documents are valid as created. It provides an immediate view of the look of the document. It incorporates XML, SVG, and MathML editing and display... But it definitely is not a (NEEDS NO HTML KNOWLEDGE) type of editor. Those tend to be very superficial, limited in scope and expandability and are thrown away as soon as the author sees something better.... My favorite type of editor is macro driven (ie one needs to know html) with a way of calling a browser for viewing. Some prefer the Drag and Drop approach of DreamWeaver et clones Amaya is a distinct style of its own, menu driven but with validation enforced and advanced languages. It is very effective in an academic environment where elegance and correctness are stressed. But PLEASE remove reforances to NO HTML skills required. It does the Amaya editor/browser a disservice. -- john russell ve3ll@rac.ca [those are L's as in LLAMA] http://home.cogeco.ca/~ve3ll http://home.cogeco.ca/~trains http://home.cogeco.ca/~cipher
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