Archive for December, 2005
Kill Your Word Processor: Popularizing Lightweight Markup
As a part of my tentatively titled Kill Your Word Processor project, I’ve been trying to think of ways to expand the audience for it, particularly because I’ve more than once been frustrated by collaborators’ insistence on the use of clunky word processors and browser-based WYSIWYG editors which I’ve long since given up on.
I even [...]
Lightweight markup and Web 2.0
In a lengthy post earlier this month, I took a first stab at describing a word processor-less approach to document composition and formatting. A key component of that approach is the use of what has variously been referred to as "humane text," WYSIWYM (What You See Is What You Mean), and "lightweight markup"–formatting [...]
Kill Your Word Processor
There once was a time when I regarded the word processor as a milestone in the evolution of publishing technology that began with Gutenberg’s printing press. I was astonished at the results that could be achieved when using Microsoft Word in conjunction with TrueType fonts and a low-cost HP inkjet printer. For a few [...]