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Subject: RE: Leventhal's challenge misses the point (long) From: Miles Sabin <msabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 28 May 1999 13:00:39 +0100 |
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. XML+CSS need be nothing like so problematic for non-programmers because usable tools ought to be quite feasible. > 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? Let's face it all of those companies, and many others besides, have for years been merrily producing software that's profoundly unintuitive for non-programmers. Why do you suppose XSLT is any different? In the kinds of areas that XSL covers the software that non-programmers *can* get on reasonably well with are word-processors, DTP and drawing applications which allow them to apply attributes in a very CSS-like way. Cheers, Miles -- Miles Sabin Cromwell Media Internet Systems Architect 5/6 Glenthorne Mews +44 (0)181 410 2230 London, W6 0LJ msabin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx England XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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