17 Nov
2009
17 Nov
'09
3:28 p.m.
On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:22 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote:
On 11/17/09 3:17 PM, Vincent Massol wrote:
BTW making SSX/JSX "mods" avail on code.xwiki.org would be good.
-Vincent
On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:08 PM, Jerome Velociter wrote:
Yes SSX "mod" is the alternative. On 11/17/09 2:59 PM, Ecaterina Valica wrote:
I think it might be overkill (and would add unnecessary complexity).
Especially since this can be done easily using a SSX, right? >
> 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? Jerome.
>
> I haven't seen anyone asking for this so I doubt we need it right
> now.
>
> Thanks
> -Vincent