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Subject:Re: Linux users' expectations of online help From:Sean Wheller <seanwhe -at- yahoo -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Tue, 23 Sep 2003 12:29:24 -0700 (PDT)
--- David Neeley <dbneeley -at- oddpost -dot- com> wrote:
>
> Pardon, Sean, but most Windows users are content
> with WYSIAWYG (what you see is *almost* what you
> get) or WYSIWYGTTNTYOYO (what you see is what you
> get this time, next time you're on your own!).
>
> Word, formatting on the fly each time a doc is open,
> is rather notorious for *not* being particularly
> WYSIWYG. In fact, that is why for some time I
> preferred AmiPro--it *was* truly a WYSIWYG product.
> Unfortunately, I was in the distinct minority!
>
> (I will very happily update my understanding of how
> Word works in this regard *if* someone can show that
> it actually has done so--I do not intend this to be
> flame bait or inaccurate.)
>
David
Agreed:-))
What I am trying to say is that Authors like to see
Bold text on screen instead of reading <emphasis
role=bold>some text</emphasis>.
The fact that Word is not 100% WYSIWYG is a hot and
tempered debate on a list like this. I don't want to
be the one who starts that war ... <sigh>again</sigh>.
Sean Wheller
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