Wikipedia defines WYSIWYG as
“WYSIWYG (pronounced /ˈwɪziwɪɡ/[1] WIZ-ee-wig) is an acronym for what you see is what you get. The term is used in computing to describe a system in which content displayed during editing appears very similar to the final output,[2] which might be a printed document, web page, or slide presentation.”
So why do so many content editors (like TinyMCE, ckeditor, openwysiwyg, htmlarea, NicEdit, etc.) say they are WYSIWYG editors. I, as an online editor, want to edit in my content page and see exactly the same structure and formattings on the website as I saw in my editor. All no-called WYSIWYG editors are showing you a completely different editing box with hundreds of formatting buttons and are not regarding your stylesheets and/or sizes of contentareas.
That’s why I call them WYSINWYG – What You See Is NOT What You Get editor. Somebody mentioned the term WYSIWYRG (What You See Is What You Really Get) combined with the newest WordPress version (uhaaahahahaha, I like WordPress, really, but this can only be a joke!).
The only real WYSIWYG editor I know, is Aloha Editor – the HTML5-compliant WYSIWYG editor. Short formula: WYSIWYG + editor = Aloha Editor.
Give it a try http://www.aloha-editor.org
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Herbert Poul |
As long as you have multiple output formats, you can never have real “WYSIWYG” – except you require each editor to log in with dozens of browsers, an iphone, rss reader and screen reader. So just make sure what the user enters is valid structured content your CMS knows how to handle and correctly display as defined by your designer and developer.
Don’t expect the editors to know all about SEO, WAI and browser quirks.
Klaus-M. Schremser |
of course, you’re right. but most so-called WYSIWYG editors do not give you a view on your content how it looks like in none of these output formats.
Herbert Poul |
yes, but i’m pretty sure this will change earlier or later.. although for me the perfect editor would be one which shows the structure of the content, not the design..
imho wymeditor has much potential, but i still had quite a few problems with it: http://files.wymeditor.org/wymeditor/trunk/src/examples/14-more-inline-elements.html .. i think it makes sense to show the user what a headline is, what a paragraph is, etc. (not necessary that technical as wymeditor does it.. but userfriendly names would do a lot about usability there..)
Klaus-M. Schremser |
hmm, this editor looks very technical ..