[SW2] Some new features

[stéphane ducasse]

Hi ralph

I think that we are all looking for simplicity. This is really 
important for us too.
So any solution that empowers the non-default users, but has a good 
default and simple
solution should be the solution. :)

Stef



On 30 juil. 04, at 00:07, Ralph Johnson wrote:

>> I don't see any need for two concepts.  Why not ask the user
>> whether a new folder should be a sibling or a child, in the
>> same way the old version let's the user decide whether a new
>> name should represent a Folder, Glossary, Page or Resource?
>> Instead, ask "Child Folder, Sibling Folder, Glossary or Resource"?
>
> "child glossary, sibling glossary, child resource, sibling resource".
>
> I think the notion of asking "folder, page, resource" is ugly.  I can't
> think of a better general solution, though.  My specific solution is to
> allow the "anonymous" user to only create pages, and to make those 
> pages
> always be the sibling of other pages and the child of a folder.  Only
> advanced users will be allowed to create folders.
>
> I have been thinking about what people have been saying on this list.  
> I
> found it hard to think why you could being saying the things you were, 
> and
> then I decided that your idea of a wiki was a tool for a few grad 
> students.
> My idea of a wiki is for a few thousand users, some of whom have no
> experience with wikis.  Simplicity is very important.  I think you 
> prefer
> power to simplicity.  That is reasonable for some audiences, but not 
> for
> mine.
>
> -Ralph Johnson
>