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Subject:Re: wiki vs blog From:Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Thu, 14 Jan 2010 09:11:26 +1100
On Jan 14, 2010 5:18AM, John Posada wrote:
> I'll ask the question again. Pay attention :-)
>
> "from the perspective of authoring content. what differentiates an
> editing tool from between wikis and blogs"
>
> In other words...
>
> Does it matter, from the tool perspective, whether I'm using something
> like Word Press, to author in a wiki or a blog?
>
Some wiki presentation tools do not offer full
presentation features, for example, the ability
to style text in a heading, do nested lists,
and similar appearance-related items. So, the
end presentation medium can make a difference.
-- Janice
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