Matthew Toseland wrote: > On Tuesday 09 June 2009 16:50:33 Luke771 wrote: > >> Matthew Toseland wrote: >> >>> On Saturday 06 June 2009 23:12:53 Luke771 wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Should I file bugs for this kind of stuff? I heard that you were trying >>>> to make order in the bug tracker and I don't want to add more mess until >>>> the existing mess is sorted out, so I'm posting this kind of stuff here. >>>> I would file bugs for trivial stuff such as alternate wordings >>>> suggestions, if you guys tell me that it's OK to do so. >>>> In the meantime, here's another string that IMHO should be changed: >>>> >>>> InsertFreesiteToadlet.content3=Once you have downloaded jSite, and >>>> constructed your website using an HTML editor such as KompoZer (free) or >>>> Dreamweaver (commercial), work through one of the following tutorials >>>> which are hosted on Freenet: >>>> >>>> Never underestimate stupidity! >>>> That string make it sound as if users *must* use either Kompozer or >>>> Dreamweaver, and a website built, say, manually editing the HTML can't >>>> be published on Freenet. >>>> >>>> (besides, the old version of my FAFS freesite (before the layout switch) >>>> were built with Kompozer and when I eventually decided to switch to >>>> manual editing I found that the Kompozer-generate HTML was a horrible mess) >>>> >>>> I suggest to make it "build a site in HTML" without suggesting any app, >>>> e.g. >>>> >>>> InsertFreesiteToadlet.content3=Once you have downloaded jSite and built >>>> your website in HTML (CSS is also allowed), follow the instructions from >>>> one of the following freesites: >>>> >>>> >>> Not convinced, IMHO any user able to write a website in HTML will >>> understand this, no? >>> >>> >> Sure. And those who might misundertand it as 'must use >> kompozer/dreamweaver' can't type html manually anyway. >> However, my point is more like 'don't suggest any specific WYSIWYG >> editor, just let users find their own. >> By the way, do the Freenet Project get paid for promoting Kompozer and >> Dreamwaver? >> >> I know I'm thinking like an 'evil capitalist', but we live in an evil >> capitalist world after all, so here's my point: why should we provide >> advertising for Kompozer and Dreamweaver? E-mail them and tell them that >> we 'could' do that, if we had a good reason to (and don't accept "an >> accident could happen..." as an answer) >> j/k ;-) >> >> In the meantime, it would be a better idea (IMHO) to suggest that they >> google 'WYSIWYG HTML editor'. >> With that in mind, yet another alternative for the string in question >> could be: >> >> InsertFreesiteToadlet.content3=Build a website using HTML and CSS or use >> WYSIWYG editors (What You See Is What You Get) that provide user-friendly >> interfaces. A web search for WYSIWYG could be a good starting point. Once >> built your site, follow the instructions from one of the following freesites: >> >> >> Note: I did google WYSIWYG and I got lots of good hits, including (of >> course) Wikipedia page, other pages with definitions and explanations, >> some official sites of particular WYSIWYG editors, and (this is the good >> one) some pages with editors reviews , including a 'Best 25 WYSIWYG' >> > > "WYSIWYG editor" != "WYSIWYG HTML editor". >
So make that 'search for WYSIWYG HTML' (BTW my search for WYSIWYS got me almost exclusively HTML editors hit.) Suggesting one particular product makes the user think that we somehow 'want' him to use that product and not a different one.
