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This community thing may be the case, it doen't bring in any dollars. At least not at any signifcant scale to continue developing the platform. What the world

This community thing may be the case, it doen't bring in any dollars. At least not at any signifcant scale to continue developing the platform. What the world needs is an easy to use web publisher, the Microsoft Word for the Web. Sure, we can type text and publish that. We can't however add in math formula's, pictures, excel sheet (parts), word document links, slideshows anything digital really, with "unexpected simplicity and ease". There's always pain involved, and I know individuals and companies are willing to pay heavily if these problems are solved in an online publishing tool. The community is now just there to generate critical mass for adoption, and used as highly critical feedback userbase.

femto 10y ago
Amaya might be of interest. https://www.w3.org/Amaya/ https://www.w3.org/Amaya/ It's the W3C's reference browser implementation, with equal emphasis on creation and viewing. To quote: "Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium." Last time I tried it (several years ago), it would regularly crash, but it's enough to open your eyes as to what might be. --- Edit: I should add a further quote: "It's development is stopped." Whilst it's not realistic to use Amaya, it would be great if its model inspired others.
- mrkgnao 10y ago
  Wasn't there some kind of static sites-on-decentralized Internet thing on HN a few weeks back along fairly similar lines?
pjc50 10y ago
> Microsoft Word for the Web Once upon a time you could literally publish from Word onto the web with Frontpage. The results were awful. I think Wordpress has taken the torch of easily usable web publisher. Or Facebook.

femto 10y ago

Amaya might be of interest. https://www.w3.org/Amaya/ https://www.w3.org/Amaya/ It's the W3C's reference browser implementation, with equal emphasis on creation and viewing. To quote: "Amaya is a Web editor, i.e. a tool used to create and update documents directly on the Web. Browsing features are seamlessly integrated with the editing and remote access features in a uniform environment. This follows the original vision of the Web as a space for collaboration and not just a one-way publishing medium." Last time I tried it (several years ago), it would regularly crash, but it's enough to open your eyes as to what might be. --- Edit: I should add a further quote: "It's development is stopped." Whilst it's not realistic to use Amaya, it would be great if its model inspired others.

mrkgnao 10y ago
Wasn't there some kind of static sites-on-decentralized Internet thing on HN a few weeks back along fairly similar lines?

pjc50 10y ago

> Microsoft Word for the Web Once upon a time you could literally publish from Word onto the web with Frontpage. The results were awful. I think Wordpress has taken the torch of easily usable web publisher. Or Facebook.