Re: [xwiki-devs] [Colibri] Cleanup Changes

On 11/17/09 2:59 PM, Ecaterina Valica wrote: >> >> Last but not least, rather than "text usually looks good" I'd like >> to see >> an >> explanation + examples of pages showing how justifying text will >> make XWiki >> easier to use for its users (will it make reading faster? will it >> make >> pages >> look more consistent and thus easier to grok by users?). Until >> then I'm not >> convinced it's a good change. >> >> To summarize: in most cases justify won't bring much value and >> it's less >> flexible and causes more issues than align left. I won't change my >> mind >> unless I see how it makes reading more effective on a production >> wiki with >> "real life" text. >> > > It's not a matter of which one is "easier to use for its users" - > the > alignment of the text is more of a layout integration / > consistency. > > Justify is usually more formal and yes looks great in prints and > large > texts. Since XWiki is a platform and doesn't not means just large > quantities > of text, I agree we can make it back to left aligment for the web, > because > apparently left align is more spread in this area. > > How about having p justify aligned when we print the page or export > it (to > pdf for ex)? Having a global "Presentation" preference in the administration to easily allow making paragraph justified could be interesting, WDYT?