[Imc-alternatives] User Stories: Wikis or Wysiwygs?

[Aaron Kreider]

The user stories refer to "wikis".  I think we should use WYSIWYG (What 
you see is what you get) editors instead.  For an example of WYSIWYG you 
can see our openplans site and how you have the ability to change text 
format by clicking on "B" and selecting text to make it bold.

Drupal has a module that does this: TinyMCE  
(http://drupal.org/project/tinymce).

Drupal lets you choose multiple modes.  So you could have text, html and 
wysiwyg and let users choose which one is their default.  I'd suggest 
starting off regular users using wysiwyg as default.

Both wiki format and html codes are a little bit too complex and 
unfamiliar for the average user. Whereas WYSIWYG imitates the most 
familiar conventions that are used by word processing programs and other 
software.

Do people agree with me on this? It'd be particularly useful to hear 
from people who have experience in this area (mine is limited).  What do 
regular (non-techie) users prefer?

Aaron