deceylon Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 What is the best wsiywig editor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Synook Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 My answer: there is none. Best (or Good) and WYSIWYG are not two words that you can use in the same sentence :)But the one that performs its function most satisfactorily IMO is Dreamweaver. It also has a good code view Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xune Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I would have to agree with Synook, about there being none. The best wysiwyg editor would have to be your mind, coding by hand is most definitely the best choice, though if you HAVE to use a wysiwyg editor, go with dreamweaver Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted March 21, 2008 Share Posted March 21, 2008 I think what people are trying to say is that using an editor as an excuse not to learn the code is simply not a good idea. You'll always be dependent (1) on the editor itself to know what's going on and (2) on people like us to fix broken code that you don't understand.This is especially hazardous when using an editor to build something complicated like a menu. The markup an editor generates is very difficult to read, since it won't call something "hotdogMenu" but will instead call it "menu0004". And trying to keep names like that straight when you go to update it or fix it is really hard.At the very least, WYSIWYG editors can drive you insane when you're trying to figure out why two page elements are out of alignment by one lousy pixel. And questions like that come up every single day on this board. Every day.I like editors for a couple of reasons. 1, I can get a good idea how colors look when I put them together, and trying out various possibilities in an editor is faster than changing code and refreshing my browser. 2, an editor will automatically indent items and save me a little time. 3, an editor also color-codes items, which makes it a little easier to find what I'm looking for. 4., Editors have an auto-complete feature that senses what I'm typing after just a few characters and saves me from typing the rest.That said, I am also 100% comfortable writing code (in several languages at a time) in the plain text area provided by my Host's default file interface. And I think anyone who's getting even semi-serious about web stuff should have that ability as a goal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Best (or Good) and WYSIWYG are not two words that you can use in the same sentence Using a WYSIWYG editor is not the best practise.Using a WYSIWYG editor is no good.There, that wasn't too difficult. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deceylon Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 I agree with Deirdre's Dad's opinion.Actually I also most preferred to write codes by my self.An editor is a best tool to compare our results and improve our knowledge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 That's all true for programmers but for someone who simply wants to modify content (text, images...) dreamweaver does a great job (most of the time). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeffman Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Must be why you list proficiency in 12 different languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 lolI'm just saying I've met a lot of people who wanted changes done to a page but didn't even know what html was. DW would be the tool I would recommend for them to use. But if you're into programming then I wouldn't recommend any wysiwyg editors unless you don't want to get better at what you do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boen_robot Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 lolI'm just saying I've met a lot of people who wanted changes done to a page but didn't even know what html was. DW would be the tool I would recommend for them to use. But if you're into programming then I wouldn't recommend any wysiwyg editors unless you don't want to get better at what you do.If those people are your clients, shouldn't you be designing a CMS for them to do such (text editing) changes? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchris Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 If those people are your clients, shouldn't you be designing a CMS for them to do such (text editing) changes?hmmm yes but some of those were at my old work place where this guy was helping me and he didn't even know what he was doing :)Some others are not interested in paying for a site so they try to do it themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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