[wp-hackers] Replacing TinyMCE with Xinha

Ryan Boren ryan at boren.nu
Wed Nov 29 18:20:59 GMT 2006


Computer Guru wrote:
> I've always wondered why WP used TinyMCE as the WYSIWYG editor. It doesn't
> result in the best code, it's not 100% xhtml compatible, it's not _that_
> "tiny," and most importantly, there are better alternatives out there.

Write bugs.  They will be passed to Moxie for fixage.

> (Think of it this way: Way more people will switch to 2.1 when you tell them
> there's a new WYSIWYG engine that looks great, has tons of functions, and
> produces 100% valid XHTML!!! =P)

xinha does look pretty nice, but we're not doing an editor change for 
2.1.  There's not enough time for that.

Ryan


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