Re: Rant: Giving up on XML

["Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com>]

I recall a similar discussion a long time ago on 
a different forum in which someone maintained
that designing websites in HTML source required 
a different way of thinking than doing a print page 
layout in WYSIWYG apps like Quark or Pagemaker.  
That was certainly true at the time because HTML
tools like Dreamweaver had yet to come along.  The
question is, will we all  "switch to an XML tag-based 
environment from a WYSIQYG environment," or
will XML continue to be the stomping ground of
early adopters and turnkey solution sellers until
its tools adapt to those who aren't going to switch 
to a different working environment?

Gene Kim-Eng


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Janice Gelb" <janice -dot- gelb -at- sun -dot- com>

> True. Works the other way, too: writers often
> blame the authoring tool for the restrictions
> of our SGML DTD. But switching to an XML tag-
> based environment from a WYSIWYG environment is
> going to require a learning curve and a shift
> in how you author a document even if you're just
> talking about the method and not a particular tool.

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