RE: [C MS] Accessibility

> This has drifted pretty far off topic, but does anyone know of or
> work on a 
> purely browser-based (no ActiveX or other client installs) WYSIWYG
> editor 
> supporting or enforcing accessibility concepts and features, such as
> at least requiring IMG ALT, which works in at least IE6 an generates
> XHTML? 

I looked at about 15 WYSIWYG editing components over the last few months.
They all suck in one way or anther. ;o)

Of the bunch, by far the BEST one in terms of writing accessible, semantic
markup was xstandard:

http://xstandard.com/

The drawbacks to it were that it is only an ActiveX control (though they're
supposedly working on one that isn't), the user interface was a bit atypical
and, at times, a bit too complex (IMHO), and it was comparatively expensive
(licensed per-user AND per-domain, which I have a really tough time
accepting...but, then again, this is one of those cases where it does appear
you get what you pay for)

That said, I don't see much alternatives. We ended up going with CuteEditor
due to it's rather nice user interface. Unfortunately, we painfully learned
that beating it into submission so that it would only create valid semantic
xhtml was going to be a nightmare.

So, if you can live with an activex component and don't mind the price, I
can't say enough about xstandard. I'm keeping an eye on the product hoping
for a non activex version.

-Darrel