[consulting] Screencast Comparing Usability of TinyMCE vs. "MarkSmarty" HTML helper

[mark burdett]

Hi, what about the ability to copy/paste from other sites and applications?
This seems like a key advantage of using a rich-text editor and HTML.
Although I'd say some markup syntaxes are pretty widespread and almost as
useful as HTML (MediaWiki, etc).

--mark

On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:35 PM, Shai Gluskin <shai at content2zero.com> wrote:

> Gang of Drupal Consultants,
>
> http://blip.tv/file/1170327
>
> Clients often assume there will be a WYSIGWG. Most developers role their
> eyes and groan.
>
> The assumption is that "end users" care about usability and developers are
> geeks.
>
> Okay, I'm a geek too. But I've tried to get some perspective on this as an
> educator (that was two careers ago), and I actually think the UI for
> WYSIWYGs is less usable, typically, than the UI is for an HTML helper like
> Marksmarty.
>
> *So I made a screencast comparing the too* <http://blip.tv/file/1170327>.
> I tried to get a bit funny, whether I succeeded is another matter. Also, I
> got burned out with iMovie at the end the production values kind of tank at
> the end.
>
> It's 7 minutes. Leave a comment on Blip, or here. I'm curious as to what
> you think of the screencast AND to know about whether you try to convince
> clients to NOT use a WYSIWYG.
>
> http://blip.tv/file/1170327
>
> And of course, if you think the video might help you explain all this to
> your clients, do indeed pass on the link.
>
> Shai
>
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