Re: Rich-text editor - recommendations?

Grant Malcolm wrote:
> There's beta and then there's beta. And then most recently with htmlArea
> there's RC1:
> 
> http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/Open_Source_C3/htmlArea_v3.0_-_Beta_Release_F14/
> 
> We implemented htmlArea as an alternative editor for non-Windows users
> soon after the first beta release. We found it so stable, feature rich and
> extensible we switched to htmlArea as the default editor for all users a
> few months back. The plugin architecture has held particular appeal for
> us:
> 
> http://www.interactivetools.com/iforum/Open_Source_C3/htmlArea_v3.0_-_Add-Ons_F23/

I'll second the recommendation.  I haven't used it professionally yet, 
but I used htmlArea on a small project 
(http://wiki.w4py.org/thiswiki.html), and found it very nice to work 
with.  Besides working well, I will definitely model my own Javascript 
libraries on htmlArea -- nicely encapsulated Javascript seems rare, at 
least in the open source arena, and htmlArea is a good model for 
allowing both customization and extension (e.g., simple things like 
defining the buttons on the toolbar, and more complex tasks like adding 
a new kind of button).

Since it's open source, I'm sure it will only get better, and support 
contracts are also available if you want that kind of relationship.

   Ian