i haven't seen an html-based editor i couldn't sabotage,
just fooling around with it. and you know what they say
about how the world keeps on inventing better fools, eh?
it's true.
now, if everyone who edits your content is experienced
with .html, and knows how to avoid the pitfalls, great!
but if you want the general public to touch your stuff,
you're gonna find yourself doing some heavy clean-up...
at least if my experience is any guide.
you'll have stuff that might _look_ "right", as long as it
stays in the exact environment where it was last edited,
but as soon as you move it, it will blow up in your face.
because the markup underlying it was not done correctly.
_that's_ why wysiwyg sucks; it "looks" right, but it's not.
and it's not a "short-sighted" view. it's _experience_.
painful, hard-fought, bang-head-against-wall experience.
now, perhaps redactor is ahead of everyone else on this,
and it knows how to handle these headaches in advance,
and if that's the case, i'd love to hear it. meanwhile...
famous last words.
i haven't seen an html-based editor i couldn't sabotage, just fooling around with it. and you know what they say about how the world keeps on inventing better fools, eh?
it's true.
now, if everyone who edits your content is experienced with .html, and knows how to avoid the pitfalls, great!
but if you want the general public to touch your stuff, you're gonna find yourself doing some heavy clean-up...
at least if my experience is any guide.
you'll have stuff that might _look_ "right", as long as it stays in the exact environment where it was last edited, but as soon as you move it, it will blow up in your face. because the markup underlying it was not done correctly.
_that's_ why wysiwyg sucks; it "looks" right, but it's not.
and it's not a "short-sighted" view. it's _experience_. painful, hard-fought, bang-head-against-wall experience.
now, perhaps redactor is ahead of everyone else on this, and it knows how to handle these headaches in advance, and if that's the case, i'd love to hear it. meanwhile...
-bowerbird