___/ On Tue 25 Apr 2006 09:35:44 BST, [ Mike Little ] wrote : \___
On 4/25/06, WordPress Trac <wp-trac@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
#2691: HTML comments in posts aren't handled properly.
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Id: 2691 | Status: new
Component: General | Modified: Tue Apr 25 07:51:49 2006
Severity: normal | Milestone:
Priority: normal | Version: 2.0
Owner: anonymous | Reporter: gord
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Comment (by skeltoac):
This is what is implied: nobody who has seen this has found it important
enough to spend their time rewriting autop to work around comments. The
applicable mantra is "edge case." You are welcome to work up a patch and
submit it for testing and consideration.
So, along with dropping the accessibility of WordPress admin, because,
presumably, all those blind, partially-sighted, and physically
disabled people are 'edge case'; we are now dropping the 'standards
compliant' part of WordPress
Whatever happened to:
"WordPress is a state-of-the-art semantic personal publishing platform
with a focus on aesthetics, web standards, and usability."
Oh wait! It's still there on the web site, perhaps it needs removing.
Or perhaps it needs rewording: Try dropping 'usability' and 'web
standards'. Perhaps add 'coolness' and 'buzz word compliance'.
Regarding accessibility, there is a tradeoff involved. Perhaps making the
presentation layer more isolated and less reliant on JS (I know there is a
fallback, but it's iffy) is the way to go. Modularity has been compromised
and lack of compliance with standard further contributes to such issues.
The administration panel is not as 'skinnable' as it once was, which
prevents simplification/enhancement for a variety of purposes. I am yet to
see how WordPress can be managed from Lynx or a PDA with a small display
(a mobile telephone perhaps). The disabled could contribute to such
discussions. I can vividly recall one blind girl from the Forum. She
struggled to run her blog with 2.0.
With WYSIWYG editing, as well as AJAX-type interfaces, it often appeared
as though this idealogy of extension through plug-ins had been forsaken.
While Windows Vista, KDE and iTunes have fallen victim to greed for flash,
Firefox gives a contrary example.
Best wishes,
Roy
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