On Thursday 04 December 2003 00:02, Anthony Anson wrote:
Joe Public is quite capable of using an ordinary HTML editor, or even copying the codes from a small document on paper (yes, RL rears its ugly head) into an ASCII program such as Notepad and just renaming it with a HTML or HTM extension.
Capable, yes. Willing, not so sure. People who use Windows expect a fully graphical approach to anything, whether it does the job better or not. Once persuaded of the benefits of manual mark-up they're surely capable, but if they're only doing lightweight HTML the problem is in making that first step. Many Windows users regard Linux as "DOS but more complicated" and therefore a retrograde step back from the wonderful world of on-screen widgets. The way to tempt them in is to provide familiar eye-candy, not lecture them with a stern, Spartan "Do it this way, it's good for you".
-- GT