Comments on: Word and WYSIWYGs http://blog.sephone.com/2008/04/04/word-and-wysiwygs/ Tue, 19 Aug 2008 22:33:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Scott Traylor http://blog.sephone.com/2008/04/04/word-and-wysiwygs/#comment-105 Scott Traylor Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:43:48 +0000 http://blog.sephone.com/2008/04/04/word-and-wysiwygs/#comment-105 A word about perfection. I often tell my students that WYSIWYGs should really be called WishIWYGs because often you wish that your intended result would be properly converted to clean XHTML markup; or even call them SWYSIWYGs because "sort of" what you see is what you get. The reason I bring this up is that no visual XHTML editor is perfect; even Dreamweaver which is probably the best makes mistakes as it tries to interpret points, clicks and drags of the normal page layout process. When using any WYSIWYG, whether datAvenger, Dreamweaver or even Microsoft Word, careful patience and good planning go a long way. A word about perfection. I often tell my students that WYSIWYGs should really be called WishIWYGs because often you wish that your intended result would be properly converted to clean XHTML markup; or even call them SWYSIWYGs because “sort of” what you see is what you get. The reason I bring this up is that no visual XHTML editor is perfect; even Dreamweaver which is probably the best makes mistakes as it tries to interpret points, clicks and drags of the normal page layout process.

When using any WYSIWYG, whether datAvenger, Dreamweaver or even Microsoft Word, careful patience and good planning go a long way.

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