:WYSIAYG: /wiz'ee-ayg/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is *All* You Get"; an unhappy variant of
{WYSIWYG}. Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to
have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth; they
often frustrate advanced users who would be better served by a
command-style interface. When this happens, the frustrated user
has a WYSIAYG problem. This term is most often used of editors,
word processors, and document formatting programs. WYSIWYG
`desktop publishing' programs, for example, are a clear win for
creating small documents with lots of fonts and graphics in them,
especially things like newsletters and presentation slides. When
typesetting book-length manuscripts, on the other hand, scale
changes the nature of the task; one quickly runs into WYSIAYG
limitations, and the increased power and flexibility of a
command-driven formatter like {{TeX}} or UNIX's {{troff}}
becomes not just desirable but a necessity. Compare {YAFIYGI}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
which "What You See Is *All* You Get"; an unhappy variant of
{WYSIWYG}. Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to
have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth; they
often frustrate advanced users who would be better served by a
command-style interface. When this happens, the frustrated user
has a WYSIAYG problem. This term is most often used of editors,
word processors, and document formatting programs. WYSIWYG
`desktop publishing' programs, for example, are a clear win for
creating small documents with lots of fonts and graphics in them,
especially things like newsletters and presentation slides. When
typesetting book-length manuscripts, on the other hand, scale
changes the nature of the task; one quickly runs into WYSIAYG
limitations, and the increased power and flexibility of a
command-driven formatter like {{TeX}} or UNIX's {{troff}}
becomes not just desirable but a necessity. Compare {YAFIYGI}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- WYSIAYG: /wiz'ee-ayg/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is *All* You Ge
an unhappy variant of {WYSIWYG}. Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth... - PIG, n. An animal (_Porcus omnivorus_) closely allied to the human
race by the splendor and vivacity of its appetite, which, however, is
inferior in scope,
{WYSIWYG}.
Visual, `point-and-shoot'-style interfaces tend to have easy initial learning curves, but also to lack depth... - Picard: "Why would you not bring something so important to the attention
to your own people?
Or the Federation? Spock: "A personal decision, Captain.... - WYSIWYG /wiz'ee-wig/ adj.
Describes a user interface
under which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback.... - WYSIWYG: /wiz'ee-wig/ adj. Describes a user interface under
which "What You See Is What You Ge
as opposed to one that uses more-or-less obscure commands that do not result in immediate visual feedback.... - YAFIYGI: /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj. [coined in response to WYSIWYG]
Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of word
processing or other user interface, the opposite of {WYSIWYG}.
Stands for "You asked for it, you got it", because what you actually asked for is often not apparent until long after it is too late to do anything about it.... - YAFIYGI /yaf'ee-y*-gee/ adj.
[coined in response to
WYSIWYG] Describes the command-oriented ed/vi/nroff/TeX style of
word processing or other user interface, the opposite of
WYSIWYG.
Stands for "You asked for it, you got it", because what you actually asked for is often not apparent until long after it is too late to do anything about it.... - brute force adj.
Describes a primitive programming style
one in which the programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his or her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to large ones.... - for the rest of us: [from the Mac slogan "The computer for the
rest of us"] adj.
1. Used to describe a {spiffy} product whose affordability shames other comparable products, or (more often) used sarcastically to describe {spiffy} but very overpriced products....
