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- From: robertw@informix.com (Robert Weinberg)
- Newsgroups: comp.text.frame
- Subject: Re: Troff vs FrameMaker Productivity
- Message-ID: <1992Jul22.231152.4991@informix.com>
- Date: 22 Jul 92 23:11:52 GMT
- References: <HAMM.92Jul22094612@toto.austoto.sps.mot.com>
- Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News)
- Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
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- In article <HAMM.92Jul22094612@toto.austoto.sps.mot.com>
- hamm@austoto.sps.mot.com (Steve Hamm) writes:
- >
- >Lest I be misconstrued, there is
- > no doubt that WYSIWYG is more productive for advertising
- > layout, for pictures, and anytime form is more important
- > than content.
-
- Yes, if the content is text, and if readers will be just as happy no matter how
- it's formatted, you can't beat an all-text environment. WYSIWYG can be a real
- waste - and add a lot of complexity - in that case.
-
- The idea of tossing everything into a GUI when the terminal ends up just used
- as a vt-100 emulator has always struck me as an incredible waste. WYSE
- terminals could replace half the GUIs in use.
-
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