[FFML] A thought on the future of the FFML

[Brian Randall]

On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:30 AM, The Wanderer <wanderer at fastmail.fm> wrote:
>
> While I would certainly prefer for the chosen requirements to be either
> plain text or something easily convertible to/from plain text (and that
> can be discussed separately, though I'm not going to do it right this
> moment), that's not essential for the type of dual-interface
> compatibility that was being proposed; having the requirements be the
> same in both interfaces *is* essential.

Plain text would be preferred, I think.  While it would be nice to
have the same level of html support as (say) ff.net -- italics, bold,
underlines -- nothing else -- it's a slippery slope.  "If we can have
_those_, why can't I embed music/images/etc.!?"  Because we're
offering C&C on your text, not those other things.

If someone wants to make their fic look like a myspace page, they can
do that on their own hosting; the FFML was always about reviewing the
text of the work.  Changing the format is an opportunity, but I don't
think it should be so distracted that we completely lose focus of our
original purpose.

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