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JellyFish
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by JellyFish » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:43 pm
What does WYSIWYG mean?
klarinetking
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by klarinetking » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:46 pm
What You See Is What You Get. It's normally describing editors that display text the way it will be viewed when complete. ie, the exact opposite of the Posting Box in phpBB.
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by Bill H » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:47 pm
What You See Is What You Get.
It refers to design programs, usually HTML design editors.
JellyFish
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by JellyFish » Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:52 pm
So obvious yet I'd never of guess. lol.
alex.barylski
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by alex.barylski » Mon Aug 07, 2006 8:31 pm
WYSIWYG is sooooo 10 years ago...
Now, acronyms are much more foward and crude...
WTFSIWTFYG
Ollie Saunders
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by Ollie Saunders » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:10 pm
I hate WYSIWYG. Its a is terrible acronym, I can't think of worse.
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by RobertGonzalez » Mon Aug 07, 2006 9:13 pm
And all this time I thought it was a word pronounced 'Wih-see-wig'...
What was I thinking
matt1019
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by matt1019 » Tue Aug 08, 2006 12:10 am
@EasyGoing
Hi, you now know what WYSIWYG (AND also, WTFSIWTFYG
)
if you are looking for an "example" of such an application, TinyMCE is a good example.
Good in terms of.... that it defines what WYSIWYG is like.... security wise, its not a good example.
Hope this helps,
-Matt
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by Ree » Tue Aug 08, 2006 3:11 am
WYSIWYMGIYRRLAAGW: What You See Is What You Might Get If You're Really Really Lucky And All Goes Well.
This one's from php3ch0's sig.
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by php3ch0 » Tue Aug 08, 2006 8:24 am
Thanks mate