On Wed, 2006-02-01 at 13:28, Sean Gilligan wrote: > Hi Allen, > > Thanks, Allen. I think sorting out the editor situation will be a huge > usability improvement in Roller. I've been using text mode because I > tried one or two of the editors in the list, had problems, and gave up. > One working wysiwyg editor is significantly better than one working > editor hidden amongst 4-5 broken ones. > > Since you (a Roller expert!) seem to think that the rte one is the best, > I'm now trying it out.
i thought the rte editor looked the best of all the javascript based editors, but i don't actually use it myself. i just use the text editor and the convert line breaks plugin, then i add in some anchor and img tags as needed. nothing fancy for me. > > I also think it would be a good idea to use radio buttons (checkboxes > for the admin page) and a human readable name and short description of > each editor rather than: > > editor-ekit.jsp,editor-text.jsp,editor-dhtml.jsp,editor-text-js.jsp,editor-wiki-js.jsp,editor-rte.jsp > > something like: > > (*) Default editor with styles more info (link) > ( ) Plain text and/or raw HTML editor more info (link) > ( ) Java-applet style editor more info (link) > etc... > i agree that would be nicer, but right now we don't have a great way to do that and i'm not really motivated to figure it out. i don't think the comma separated list is all that bad, especially once we trim it down to 2 or 3 editors. > > Allen Gilliland wrote: > > Okay, this is what I propose for the editors ... > > > > 1. The only editors enabled by default in new installations will be the > > "text" and "rte/dhtml" editors. > > This is a good idea. And if the wysiwyg editor works well enough it > should probably be the default. > > Why do you say "rte/dhtml" like they are the same thing? One requires > IE, which as a Mac/Firefox user rules me out. Do they have a common > heritage? i just put "rtd/dhtml" to mean some consolidated version of a javascript based editor. they definitely aren't the same and i agree, requiring IE is BS. -- allen > > > > > 2. I recommend we remove/consolidate the midas, dhtml, text-js, and rte > > editors into a single javascript/dhtml editor. The look will be based on > > the rte/dhtml editors. Assuming time permits, we would update this editor > > to contribute better html. > > > Is anyone aware of any better alternatives out there that could be > incorporated? > > -- Sean > > >
