I just started testing WYSIWTF; I would like to encourage as many other people on this list to do so as well.
On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 2:22 PM, David Gerard <dger...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 5 January 2011 22:16, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Having XML-based content would also enable a wide variety of new re-uses >> of Wikimedia content. People could build all sorts of custom apps, >> games, feeds, etc., without having to worry about broken syntax or >> resorting to screen scraping (like we do for our mobile site). It would >> also make implementing semantic features easier and thus could improve >> our search capabilities. Plus it makes a great Bloody Mary! > > > Before we go haring off - what would be *really* nice would be getting > Magnus' WYSIFTW developed to a stage where it's fit to put in front of > nontechnical users and do some decent usability testing: > > http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WYSIFTW > > Magnus does this stuff in his spare time. and has to get back to > actual work - but there's a list of needed features (which of course > anyone can add to) and I know he very much welcomes other people > hacking on it. > > It's not ready for prime time yet, but it's one of the most promising > approaches I've seen in a while. > > (And the nice thing about WYSIFTW is that it requires *no* action on > server side - the only thing it needs right now is to be developed to > a state where it can be usability-tested.) > > > - d. > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > -- -george william herbert george.herb...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
