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wysiayg |
2 definitions found From Jargon File (4.2.3, 23 NOV 2000) [jargon]: 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}. From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (13 Mar 01) [foldoc]: WYSIAYG {What You See Is All You Get}
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