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alerighilast Friday at 10:57 AM1 replyview on HN

In the end the WYSIWYG would produce an XML file that you can put under version control. All depends on the UI of the thing your are building, if what you are building only needs to be functional and nobody cares about the UI (that is always the case of internal use software, that needs to have a good UX but who cares if it has the Windows 95 style controls, like machine HMIs, ERP software, etc.) WYSIWYG (like Visual Studio) are good to write things fast and typically with a consistent layout. I mean, most companies are not building a videogame, and most people are still fine using things like AS/400, so...


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jenadinelast Friday at 11:20 AM

But those files are often hard to read and merge. If WYSIWYG really worked well, why aren't more big projects or popular frameworks using it? Why do you think it's become less popular over time?

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