Re: [xwiki-users] [Request for Feedback] New WYSIWYG Editor Inter face - xwiki-users@xwiki.org

22 Aug 2008

Guillamume,

Thanks for your reply.

Yes we could use the macro for layout ... but if the layout could be set out
WYSIWYG/DTP style by inserting and dragging columns and row to get the
width/height by eye it would make it easier for users to use and much better
than any other wiki editor out on the web ... but how hard/easy to code I
don't know!

Regards,

Richard

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From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org]On Behalf
Of Guillaume Lerouge
Sent: 22 August 2008 09:36
To: XWiki Users
Subject: Re: [xwiki-users] [Request for Feedback] New WYSIWYG Editor
Inter face

Hi Richard,

Looks good.

Thanks :-)

...
  A few points:

 * Tables
 - is it possible to make tables WYSIWYG editable so the user can grab a
 table, row, column, cell and resize them. For layout of wiki pages it would
...
  make it much quicker and easier to create great
looking wiki pages. 

Resizing the entire table will be possible by grabbing a corner. As for cell
heigth and width, I'd say it might be better to let the html rendering
handle column size depending of the content of table cells. About the layout
of wiki pages, what about creating a couple presentational macros (such as
this one : http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Macros/ColumnMacro ) to
create CSS-based layouts instead of table-based ones ?

...
  - is it possible to control the formatting of tables
to make them invisible
...
  (for layout purposes). 

I can try adding a control for table border / background color... Maybe not
in the first version though, I'll look at that.

...
  * Frames
 - is it possible to add frames to display others web pages or wiki pages on
...
  the wiki page being edited? 

Would the iframe macros (
http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Macros/IframeMacro &
http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Macros/IframeNavigationMacro ) and the
include macros (
http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Macros/IncludeInContextMacro &
http://code.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Macros/IncludeTopicMacro ) suit your
needs ? They will be available from the WYSIWYG interface.

Thanks for your feedback,

Guillaume

...

 Keep on coding.

 All the best,

 Richard

 -----Original Message-----
 From: users-bounces(a)xwiki.org [mailto:users-bounces@xwiki.org]On Behalf
 Of Guillaume Lerouge
 Sent: 21 August 2008 18:06
 To: users(a)xwiki.org
 Subject: [xwiki-users] [Request for Feedback] New WYSIWYG Editor
 Interface

 Hi fellow XWiki users,
 I've spent the last couple weeks working on designing mockups for the new
 version of the WYSIWYG editor that's currently in the works.

 I've put all my work on this page :
 http://dev.xwiki.org/xwiki/bin/view/Design/NewWysiwygEditorInterface

 and I'd be glad to gather initial user feedback on these mockups. Please
 tell us what you think about them now so that we can improve the screens
 before implementation begins at full speed.

 Specifically, I'm wondering about the following things :

   - Can the text be improved to make things easier to understand ? If so,
   where ?
   - Are some features harder to reach than they should ?
   - Are dialog boxes & trays consistent with user models of how edition
   software usually behaves ?
   - Do you see anything that will make an user wonder what's happening and
   where he / she should click next ?

 Please note that the colors are only indicative at this stage - a designer
 will improve my work before we get to the final stage. I'll try incorporate
...
  your feedback soon and will let you know how the
subseuent development
 goes.

 Thanks in advance,

 Guillaume

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