[WEB4LIB] RE: HTML Referring?

[Debbie Faires]

Can you please explain:  what are the distinctions between graphical
editing and WYSIWYG?

Debbie Faires


On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Thomas Dowling wrote:

> At 08:12 AM 10/22/2002, Drew, Bill wrote:
> >WYSIWIG does have its advantages.  I have been editing and creating HTML
> >files since shortly after the first version of lynx was released for the VMS
> >system.  I know my html inside and out.  I use Dreamweaver both in code view
> >and WYSIWIG.  I use Dreamweaver because of its file management capabilities
> >and because of the template functions.  I edit quite often in code view but
> >also use WYSIWIG to move around on the page.
>
>
> This conflates a couple of different issues.  Dreamweaver MX is a good
> editor that has a graphical editing mode.  It also has powerful tools for
> file and site management.  The two are not related, and there's no reason
> why text editors couldn't match all of those management features.
>
> Dreamweaver MX has done an admirable job of putting a user-friendly
> graphical shell on a program that generates good code.  It is a rare
> exception: most graphical editors create horrendous code, and graphical
> editing itself encourages untrained, inexperienced authors to write poorly
> structured documents (IMO, of course) and think only about document
> appearance.  Witness the fact that so many people on this list think that
> graphical HTML editing is actually WYSISWYG.
>
>
> Thomas Dowling
> OhioLINK - Ohio Library and Information Network
> tdowling at ohiolink.edu
>
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