- From: Irene Vatton <irene.vatton@inrialpes.fr>
- Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:13:09 +0200
- To: "John Russell" <ve3ll@rac.ca>
- Cc: www-amaya@w3.org
On Tue, 10 Aug 2004 10:59:19 -0400 "John Russell" <ve3ll@rac.ca> wrote: > 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. I don't agree with you. If you want to create a simple HTML document, you only need to know what is a heading, a paragraph, an image, etc. You need to know a minimum of HTML to generate more sophisticated documents. It's the same for new Word users. They need to learn about the tool to create more sophisticated documents. > 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 > > > Irene. ----- Irène Vatton INRIA Rhône-Alpes INRIA ZIRST e-mail: Irene.Vatton@inria.fr 655 avenue de l'Europe Tel.: +33 4 76 61 53 61 Montbonnot Fax: +33 4 76 61 52 07 38334 Saint Ismier Cedex - France
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