Re: New Topic WYSIWYG

My story-

First, I was anti-editor all the way. I used Notepad,
laughed at people who used editors, etc. This was because
I had tried editors (Websomething, HoTMetaL, something
else) and they only added to the time it took to make a
web page. Editors truly were horrible for someone who
wanted to control their HTML.

(Many repetetive months of TD /TD pass)

Then I used Dreamweaver. Here was an interesting gap in my
reasoning. After fiddling with the preferences, I could
see the HTML as I edited in the WYSIWYG part, I could
write in HTML if I wanted, and I could not tell the
difference. 

Since then I have asked the question "If you can make an
editor output exactly the code you would create, in less
time, what do you gain by handcoding?" And I am not sure
of the answer.

On the one hand, the editor truly saves time. You dont
have to worry about admitting to using an editor if you
dont want to. and the HTML is as clean as you want.

But every once in a while the other side slaps me. I will
decide to handcode, or not be able to use my editor for
some reason. I notice that I have become lazy, and
forgotten some of the details about this or that tag. And
I had thought I wasn't losing anything by using an editor.

So now I still work with the editor, but take the time to
do some by hand. I write my Javascript by hand in almost
all cases, and feel depply contented. For now. (I have
also added HomeSite4 to my editor arsenal, though it is
hard to say whether it is a preview enhanced text editor
or a WYSIWYG editor with good text handling.)

Luke

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                - ( luke opperman ) -
     Spigot Graphics, Cohesive Design for the Web
          - ( http://spigot.hypermart.net/ ) -  

-- ..some tiny cows, two brushstrokes each,
       but confidently cows.. - 'Poem' by Elizabeth Bishop



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