- From: Alexander Graf <a.graf@aetherworld.org>
- Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2007 15:41:23 +0200
- To: Henrik Dvergsdal <henrik.dvergsdal@hibo.no>
- Cc: public-html@w3.org
On 27.03.2007, at 15:38, Henrik Dvergsdal wrote: >> I say such a control is impossible. Not in the "I don't know how >> so I say it's impossible" way but in the real "Not going to work" >> impossible way. Assuming you create a fully working WYSIWYG editor >> which can be styled (how? extensions to css as well? Sub- >> elements?) and customized (with like 100 attributes ranging from >> boldbutton="yes" to output="xhtml-strict") you're still not >> targeting 100% of users. Someone wants a feature which we didn't >> think of and we're back to native control vs. JavaScript >> implementation vs. XUL implementation > > Well, if we had to provide for a full fledged, styled editor that > targeted 100% of the users, I would agree with you. > > Fortunately we don't have to be quite so abmitious. Even a single, > limited xhtml editor would make a lot of CMS developers & users > happy, I think, provided that it is sufficiently user friendly and > provides valid XML markup. And it would certainly represent a huge > improvement over the current situation. That might be. It still leaves the question however, how you propose such an editor would look like. I'm still not sure I get what you mean. Do you want a visual WYSIWYG editor or an input field for XML? If I remember correctly, you proposed something which validates against a DTD/xmlschema... -ag
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