It took me about 5 seconds to find a java applet wysiwyg. (It's not the greatest, but it is for _everyone_)
http://head.sourceforge.net/portrait.html For the IE6 no JVM argument, much like Flash, most vendors will install the JVM before shipping. Additionally the first time a user visits a page requiring a JVM, the user is prompted to download install a VM from Microsoft. The idea that most people don't have Java is just marketing spin from Microsoft. (All the Dell's we've bought with XP had a JVM pre-installed.) Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 16, 2003 8:33 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFC-based GPL web HTML editor > Why? It seems like most of the editors already support a very common > set > of features. Most users are not going to be impressed that a Java > editor > functions the same way on all platforms. I'm sure a Mac user would > prefer the editor to function like a native application/widget. I know > part of the reason I dislike Macromedia applications is that they do > not > feel or function like Windows applications. I pretty sure I'm note > alone > on this. > The above perspective seems to apply to desktop applications and not web applications. I believe most users expect a web application to look and behave the same no matter what browser on what platform they are using. > Because, instead of writing a relatively simple interface for each > different platform, you'd have to write, test, debug, etc. all the > functionality yourself. Unless I'm completely off base, I think it > would > take much more time to write a feature rich, cross platform HTML > editor. > I'd much rather just leverage the work done by other individuals. I > don't have any desire to reinvent the wheel. > That all may be true, but it doesn't at all speak to why a Java editor would be more limited as you first stated. Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.MontaraSoftware.com (888) 408-0900 x901 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
