gerard.meijssen at gmail
Aug 10, 2005, 11:51 PM
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Re: WikiSuite (new project proposal) - related to "Wiki light" thread
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Erik Moeller wrote:
> Marius Treitz:
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>> the discussion about "Wiki light" inspired me to propose a new
>> project. I called it WikiSuite for now (I couldn't come up with
>> anything better...). The idea is to create a program that lets wiki
>> users browse the wiki half online/offline. The basic features are
>> improved editing functions (wysiwig editing), improved caching, more
>> features, less work for the servers, ... another feature could be
>> distributed servers, meaning every user of the program can part of
>> his computer's resources be a "Wiki server".
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> What you are proposing is not so much a new project (like Wikibooks,
> Wikinews etc.), but a new piece of software. Our software priorities
> are generally set by the people who write code; that is, you are
> welcome to write the tools you describe. Beyond that, we're
> maintaining a list at
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Development_tasks of potential projects
> to work on.
>
> Together with the rest of the Wikimedia Research Team - see
> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research_Team - I will soon
> try to submit some recommendations to the Board for targeted
> development. Targeted development, as I see it, would mean putting out
> a call for participation, and if no volunteers can be found, paying
> someone to do it.
>
> Personally, I think built-in WYSIWYG support would be a first, very
> important step. A dedicated offline editor would be useful, but is a
> much bigger project to undertake and exceeds our current resources.
> Ross Mayfield of SocialText has expressed some interest in their
> developers working together with ours on a WYSIWYG standard, so I will
> follow up with him on that and see if we can get something started in
> that area.
>
> So, my recommendation is to take it slowly. We're aware of what is
> technologically possible, but we have to prioritize according to our
> needs and available resources.
>
> Best,
>
> Erik
Hoi,
There is a Java tool that was built for another wiki engine that does
WYSIWYG. I have informed about it before. At the time they expressed
some intrest in adapting the program so that it will work for Mediawiki.
It is just a matter of us wanting to cooperate with people outside our
own community....
Thanks,
GerardM
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