Subject: Re: A would-be user's first XSL experience (long) From: Chuck Robey <chuckr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 2 Jun 1999 00:25:15 -0400 (EDT) |
On Tue, 1 Jun 1999, Paul Prescod wrote: > Chuck Robey wrote: > > > > There is something to be learned here. Todd Fahrner, and *not* Paul > > Prescod, represents the type of person publishing tools *should* be made > > available to. This means making them useable, not putting in their > > hands. There is a strong tendency amongst knowledgeable programmers, > > when making tools, to ignore useablility, saying "it they are that > > stupid, they shouldn't be allowed near the computer". I don't want to > > seem to be putting (possibly false) words in Paul's mouth, but you have > > to consider the tool's target audience. > > Exactly. James Clark has made a technology preview for people > experimenting with XSL technology months before XSL becomes a standard. He > implements the language while he designs it to check that it is usable. He > releases his implementation so that people *willing to put in the effort* > can experiment with XSL while waiting for the browser-integrated > implementations. > > Criticizing its usability completely misses the point of the tool. > Criticizing XSL's usability based on that tool strikes me as > non-productive. Did I leave the impression I was ciriticizing XSL? I did not mean to do that. I would criticize DSSSL on that point, but not yet XSL, which seems to lower the bar. I have personally not decided yet. ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- Chuck Robey | Interests include any kind of voice or data chuckr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx | communications topic, C programming, and Unix. 213 Lakeside Drive Apt T-1 | Greenbelt, MD 20770 | I run picnic (FreeBSD-current) (301) 220-2114 | and jaunt (Solaris7). ----------------------------+----------------------------------------------- XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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