Subject: Re: Leventhal's challenge misses the point (long) From: James Clark <jjc@xxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 20:45:52 +0700 |
Miles Sabin wrote: > > James Clark wrote, > > I can't see anything in there that is beyond the > > skills of somebody who can write XML+CSS. > > I you meant XML+CSS+DOM, then I agree. I meant what I said. > XML+CSS need > be nothing like so problematic for non-programmers > because usable tools ought to be quite feasible. Inso has demonstrated an XSL editing tool. It seemed quite useable to me. > > I don't claim to be an expert on what's easy for non- > > programmers, but I don't think that the major > > companies that are supporting the development of XSLT, > > like Microsoft, Oracle, Lotus and IBM (see Appendix D > > of the XSLT WD for a complete list) would be bothering > > with it if it was completely unuseable by non- > > programmers. > > So where are the studies then? Or are you just taking > it on faith? I don't know what studies XSL WG members have done. I'm not in a position to perform useability studies myself. I do base my opinion about useability to a large extent on input from other XSL WG members. Collectively the XSL WG has an enormous amount of experience in the publishing industry, and I believe they have a good sense of what non-programmers will be able to understand (certainly better than mine); many of the members of the XSL WG are not programmers. Also remember that Microsoft has deployed an XSL implementation very broadly; they've had a lot of feedback, and their input to the XSL WG based on that feedback has been a significant factor in how XSLT has evolved. James XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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