What's wrong with using standard web browser link formatting? Everyone
already understands this already, and all it takes is a little more
effort at the time of entry to designate a section of text as a wiki
"word" instead of the automatic (and sometimes confusing) current model. (01)
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From: Chris Dent [mailto:cdent@burningchrome.com]
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 9:24 AM
To: tools-yak@collab.blueoxen.net
Subject: [tools-yak@collab] Re: turned on ExpandingWikiWords on my
wikilog (02)
On Mon, 12 May 2003, Bill Seitz wrote: (03)
> I'd love to get feedback in terms of whether you agrees that this
makes
> wikis more friendly to normal humans. (04)
I can't really say how normal humans might respond to it: I'm so
embedded in wikis lately that I think in wiki words. (05)
Because of that, I find the expanded words oddly distracting on
your pages. (06)
One of the things I've noticed with wiki use is that their
difference from normal words encourages a powerful sense of
naming (as in we gain power when we name things). In a group
context, a concept becomes more known/available when it is turned
into and presented as a WikiWord: it is more than just a name. I
don't think this is something that can really be described, but
rather must be experienced. (07)
So, I don't think of WordsMashedTogether as ugly. (08)
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