Just stepped over to http://plugins.jquery.com/search/node/editor - lots and lots of choices - and if to judge by the dates, many new offerings. I'm hoping someone can help me narrow down the field according to these priorities...
Stability & Well-formed XHTML (might argue against some of the most recent unless they are revisions with a clear track-record) Inplace editing Good AJAX integration For internal / admin / CMS usage so it can be as bloated as it needs to be long as it's easy to implement the basics: bold ital indents lists No need for tables but dropdowns with relevent CSS selectors would be nice. thnkx
