Re: request to make the "tools version" of the agenda the default

Richard Barnes <rbarnes@bbn.com> Fri, 30 November 2012 19:16 UTC

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Subject: Re: request to make the "tools version" of the agenda the default
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On Nov 30, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Wes Hardaker <wjhns1@hardakers.net> wrote:

> John C Klensin <john-ietf@jck.com> writes:
> 
>> I think changing the default is fine.  I'd also be reluctant to
>> see the "normal" HTML version go away immediately but would be
>> especially reluctant to see the plain text version go away or
>> even become less accessible (require more clicks or searching to
>> navigate too).
> 
> I suspect we can all agree that this would be optimal:
> 
> 1) have the tools version be the default (my original statement)
> 2) have the html version still present
> 3) have the text version still present
> 4) produce an xml version for better parsing
>   (ever try and write an agenda app? Half your time is spent writing a
>   .txt or .html parser)

s/xml/json/

Ever try writing an XML app?  Half your time is spent writing a .xml parser.