Re: [Hypercontent-users] Xinha

[Alex V. <av...@co...>]

Hi Carl,
	Version 2 is getting very close.  I have a couple basic =
workflows=20
working, request for approval and page monitoring, with email=20
notification and a flexible configuration file format.  I need to=20
integrate build and publish as commands in the new workflow system,=20
bring the zip file i/o  function over, and I think we'll be ready for=20
beta.  Before the final release I'd like to do the evaluation and=20
integration of a new WYSIWYG, make some other changes to the XML=20
editor, and introduce a new configuration file format that makes it=20
easier to leverage some of the new features.  And then . . . maybe a=20
vacation!

Alex

On Mar 22, 2005, at 5:28 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:

> Hi Alex
>
> I=92ll stick with HTMLArea for now, I don=92t want to create =
unnecessary=20
> work . It makes sense to wait until version 2, at which point I=92d be=20=

> glad to be involved in any evaluation process.
>
> Off the top of my head, our main requirements for a new WYSIWYG would=20=

> be:
>
> *Top Level
> *The editor controls to be configurable so we can decide what the user=20=

> sees.
> Plug-in Free, although I understand this might be a trade off for more=20=

> flexibility.
> Cross Platform and Cross Browser compatibility.
>
> *Low Level*
> Tables support
> HTML Clean up to remove custom font and colour tags.
>
> I can work on a more detailed list.
>
> When do you expect version 2 to be ready for testing? I=92m very=20
> interested to take a look.
>
> Thanks
>
> Carl
>
>
>
> Alex Vigdor wrote:
>
>> Hi Carl,
>> I would caution against trying to switch WYSIWYG editors in=20
>> HyperContent 1.4; I had to customize HTMLArea fairly extensively so=20=

>> that relative links and image paths would work correctly. You could=20=

>> certainly do it, but it will be more of a headache than you might=20
>> think. We have talked here at Columbia about evaluating our options=20=

>> for a new editor for version 2.0, which should not require such=20
>> customizations as HyperContent 2 is more transparent to the browser=20=

>> (since it responds like a regular web server). There's quite a few=20
>> alternatives out there, so I think a competitive evaluation is due.=20=

>> Htmlarea,com now sports a list of open source WYSIWYG editors - we=20
>> should definitely put Xinha on the list, and I would certainly=20
>> appreciate your involvement in evaluating some of the alternatives.=20=

>> The baseline functionality is pretty common across tools, but=20
>> features like table editing are perhaps more divergent in their=20
>> implementations. What types of requirements would you have for a new=20=

>> WYSIWYG?
>>
>> Alex
>>
>> On Mar 21, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Carl Barrow wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Alex
>>>
>>> Would you suggest using Xinha=20
>>> (http://xinha.gogo.co.nz/cgi-bin/trac.cgi) instead of htmlArea? and=20=

>>> if so how easy is will be be to switch ?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Carl
>>>
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