Comments on: Echoes from the past: DITA, Help, Single-Sourcing tools — Looking from the 60s to today http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/08/04/echoes-from-the-past-dita-help-single-sourcing-tools-looking-from-the-60s-to-today/ The Latest Trends in Technical Communication Sat, 26 May 2012 05:09:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Catherine Ludwig Donleycott http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/08/04/echoes-from-the-past-dita-help-single-sourcing-tools-looking-from-the-60s-to-today/comment-page-1/#comment-136101 Catherine Ludwig Donleycott Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:41:56 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1797#comment-136101 Thank you for the research and writing. Thought you might like to know that underlying GML product that is not mentioned is IBM Script. Script is what really started all the "word processing" tools, including WordStar. Script is the GML that is part of all the tagging tools being used. I agree that marketing is what puts products ahead. Also ease of use initially. Unfortuately, ease of use for the general public, if not long-term. For example, Microsoft Word versus WordPerfect. MS Word with the mouse has ease of use for those who do not know how to type, but unstable and the underlying code cannot be corrected. WordPerfect is more complicated to learn, but far more stable, and when there is a problem, the underlying code can be explored and fixed...by trained, advanced users. Thank you for the research and writing. Thought you might like to know that underlying GML product that is not mentioned is IBM Script. Script is what really started all the “word processing” tools, including WordStar. Script is the GML that is part of all the tagging tools being used.

I agree that marketing is what puts products ahead. Also ease of use initially. Unfortuately, ease of use for the general public, if not long-term. For example, Microsoft Word versus WordPerfect.

MS Word with the mouse has ease of use for those who do not know how to type, but unstable and the underlying code cannot be corrected. WordPerfect is more complicated to learn, but far more stable, and when there is a problem, the underlying code can be explored and fixed…by trained, advanced users.

]]> By: izmir temizlik şirketleri http://idratherbewriting.com/2008/08/04/echoes-from-the-past-dita-help-single-sourcing-tools-looking-from-the-60s-to-today/comment-page-1/#comment-134161 izmir temizlik şirketleri Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:25:15 +0000 http://www.idratherbewriting.com/?p=1797#comment-134161 thank you for sharing thank you for sharing

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