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Subject:RE: To use or not to use the term "WYSIWIG"? From:"Jim" <jmarchant -at- adelphia -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:01:03 -0800
A vendor I once dealt with humourously coined the term "WYSIMOLWYG" to
describe his product: What You See Is More Or Less What You Get.
<My advice, which admittedly is confining, is to forego using WYSIWYG
unless you're on very solid ground in your use of the term. The other
option I can suggest is to go with a more preecise term (for the
discriminating user) such as 'near WYSIWYG', 'true WYSIWYG', 'WYSIWYG
Wannabe', or whatever.>
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