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This is awesome. It's funny, I didn't think it would be useful until I actually checked it out, because I personally find JSON to be fairly readable.
Maybe I'm not human. Captchas have been telling me this for a while.
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since css classes tell you what's inside you can recover it completely, also I was thinking on using HTML5's data- to store the data there too. the next next step would be to provide in place edition with validation :)
the next next step would be to provide in place edition with validation :) Definitely! Take a look at http://createjs.org/--it will probably help (in fact, I've been using it for a different project and if I have time I might be submitting a pull request to you in the next week or so).
JSON is easy to read, but can get hard to visually parse when the payload is large.
Pretty funny considering JSON is self described as "easy for humans to read and write." If your target is nontechnical folks, I wonder if it would be useful to go a step further and: - Remove quotes from strings. They're already formatted differently. - Remove array indices. - Unescape strings. The context and formatting should still be enough for devs, but I can't imagine quotes or indices do anything for nontechnic…
about removing quotes from strings, I tought about it, and I think as long as some other display property is different (to differentiate the number 4 from the string "4") and something more than color to avoid causing trouble to colorblind people I think it's a good idea. the array indices I was thinking on having it as an option, I would like 'something' to make them standout as lists even when no index is displayed…
Pretty funny considering JSON is self described as "easy for humans to read and write." If your target is nontechnical folks, I wonder if it would be useful to go a step further and: - Remove quotes from strings. They're already formatted differently. - Remove array indices. - Unescape strings. The context and formatting should still be enough for devs, but I can't imagine quotes or indices do anything for nontechnic…
about removing quotes from strings, I tought about it, and I think as long as some other display property is different (to differentiate the number 4 from the string "4") and something more than color to avoid causing trouble to colorblind people I think it's a good idea. the array indices I was thinking on having it as an option, I would like 'something' to make them standout as lists even when no index is displayed…
Pretty funny considering JSON is self described as "easy for humans to read and write." If your target is nontechnical folks, I wonder if it would be useful to go a step further and: - Remove quotes from strings. They're already formatted differently. - Remove array indices. - Unescape strings. The context and formatting should still be enough for devs, but I can't imagine quotes or indices do anything for nontechnic…
about removing quotes from strings, I tought about it, and I think as long as some other display property is different (to differentiate the number 4 from the string "4") and something more than color to avoid causing trouble to colorblind people I think it's a good idea. the array indices I was thinking on having it as an option, I would like 'something' to make them standout as lists even when no index is displayed…
>something more than color to avoid causing trouble to colorblind people I think it's a good idea.
I think what you have is decent. Bold for numbers. Italics for literals.
Making arrays stand out is tough. Perhaps you could do some zebra striping on arrays. Or use bullets outside of each array value that mimics a list?