Re:Fountain – A markup language for screenwriting
by iamsohungry on Saturday October 31, 2015 @01:12PM
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> This looks like a standardization of the way that screenwriting is done, rather than a revolutionary change in the way screenwriting is done.
Yes, and this is exactly how a standard should be.
A markup language is the text equivalent of a user interface. It's well-known that good user interfaces for an existing task work with users' previous workflow, even to the point of including skeuomorphs as cues. A good markup language is one that makes minimal change to the user's existing workflow.
XML is terrible. It's not nearly as human-readable as it promises to be, nor is it as computer-readable as it promises to be.
Yes, and this is exactly how a standard should be.
A markup language is the text equivalent of a user interface. It's well-known that good user interfaces for an existing task work with users' previous workflow, even to the point of including skeuomorphs as cues. A good markup language is one that makes minimal change to the user's existing workflow.
XML is terrible. It's not nearly as human-readable as it promises to be, nor is it as computer-readable as it promises to be.