+1 to that.
Not only is it an unfriendly interface for someone who actually wants to edit the code; imagine what would happen if a non-technical user would start to make changes. Very strange things could happen.
Erika Nilsson
2008/3/27, Larry Garfield <larry@garfieldtech.com>:
On Wednesday 26 March 2008, Xavier Bestel wrote:
> > > So, perhaps some people should look at this:
> > > http://www.speaklight.com/video-your-designs
> > >
> > >
> > > Best regards,
> > >
> > >
> > > Stefan
> >
> > Aside from a intuitive GUI, I don't really see what can't be done in
> > drupal with blocks?
> > Sure, they have in-CMS editing of your templates, but who really wants
> > to do that?
>
> Who wants user-friendly interfaces anyway ?
Do not fall into the trap of assuming that in-CMS editing of templates
== "user-friendly interface".
If you're doing anything even remotely interesting with a template or code, an
HTML textarea is a horribly unfriendly interface. Even Notepad is better in
most cases.
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