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Posted by Ben C on 08/13/07 21:06
On 2007-08-13, Andy Dingley <dingbat@codesmiths.com> wrote:
> On 12 Aug, 20:44, "Bear Bottoms" <bearbotto...@gmai.com> wrote:
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>> So you think going around usenet trashing the program because of a
>> disagreement over the definition of a term is justified when it is an
>> excellent program?
>
> Definitely! -- although it's _not_ an excellent program.
>
> My own beef isn't with the CSE program, it's with AW's mis-selling of
> it, and with this whole notion of "HTML is hard". That's an attitude
> fostered by the sellers of poor tools, mainly wysiwyg tools, who need
> to do this to encourage sales of their products. If beginners instead
> began by being told "HTML is easy, here's the basics in 5 minutes"
> they'd lose their fear of it and could learn the more complicated
> aspects gradutally.
Exactly what I was trying to say to Bear Bottoms but I didn't seem to be
be getting the message across very well. He still thought I was fussing
only about the name.
The sad and ironic thing is that _he_ accuses _me_ of being "snooty".
But he's the one who's convinced that editing valid HTML with a normal
editor and a real validator is above the reach of hoi polloi like him
and me.
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