Wiki -- Why?

Posted by Jimbo
Sep 2, 2006 at 03:03 PM

>Why is it that with wiki we have to get into
>mark up language (Note Studio) or use other ways of designating formatting in an
>editing environment that is not wysiwyg?
> >This seems like a step backward from the
>customary approaches that have been the norm for the last 10 years.

IMHO

1) All information is in the text. Nothing is hidden.
2) You focus in text input not in formatting. Once you get used, to mark a word bold is much faster than using a wysiwyg editor.
3) Using a style sheet as in CT makes formatting uniform, something more difficult in a wysiwyg editor, unless you can create style and apply them with criteria (requires more work)
4) Linking is much easier in wiki style. Just add [[ ]]. Want an alias? Easy, enclose it with the link. And you do it without moving your fingerts from the keyboard. Can you do the same in a wysiwyg editor?