Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot? ;-)

2000-09-14 Thread Chris Withers
Chris McDonough wrote: > A lot of the listed complaints are trying to be addressed by the > "WikiNG" proposal, which is (of course) in the Proposals wiki on > dev.zope.org. The irony ;-) > This may be a good idea... personally, I really don't have much of a > problem keeping up with the discussi

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot? ;-)

2000-09-14 Thread Ken Manheimer
On Thu, 14 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Chris McDonough wrote: > > A lot of the listed complaints are trying to be addressed by the > > "WikiNG" proposal, which is (of course) in the Proposals wiki on > > dev.zope.org. > > The irony ;-) > > > This may be a good idea... personally, I real

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot

2000-09-28 Thread Chris Withers
Rik Hoekstra wrote: > maillists vs discussion platforms. This problem is caused by the > intermingling of too many different functions of a wiki. I'll go a bit > at length to expose these and try to strike a balance, which should be > in a combination (did I hear WikiDot?): Yes, well, that's the

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot

2000-09-28 Thread Ken Manheimer
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Chris Withers wrote: > > 4.Some people think Wiki discussions are easily dispersed. Bad Wiki > > discussions are, but discussion products are almost always dispersed by > > nature. On many occasions I have (already) seen people summarize and > > structure maillist discussions

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot

2000-09-28 Thread Chris Withers
Ken Manheimer wrote: > I don't think anyone disagrees that wiki pages as they stand are > imperfect for discussions. I strongly feel (with lots of experience) > that mailling lists are also flawed, sorta complementarily, for > getting definite results out of discussions. Both work with some > ef

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot

2000-09-28 Thread Ken Manheimer
On Thu, 28 Sep 2000, Chris Withers wrote: > > These are the kinds of things i'm hoping to get at with WikiNG - a > > smart content widget, with two essential features - good impedence > > matching to authoring structured, linked content (structured text plus > > wiki refs), > > A lot of people I

Re: [Zope-dev] WikiDot

2000-09-29 Thread Chris Withers
Ken Manheimer wrote: > (I wonder whether having a single quick ref page for structured text, > linked to on every edit form, would go a long way to reducing those > objections. Particularly if the quick ref page is clear and concise.) Not really... the fact that you even need one of those is why