On Tue, Dec 22, 2009 at 7:21 AM, Ojan Vafai <o...@chromium.org> wrote:
> Dealing with inconsistencies in browser behavior during typing is one of > the hardest parts of writing a sane web-based rich-text editor. We have > researched what a variety of text editors (Word, Powerpoint, Wordpad, > TextEdit) and browsers using contentEditable/DesignMode currently do when > you press different keys on the keyboard, in a number of rich text > situations, with a variety of text selections. From this data, we attempt to > identify recommendations that are OS-agnostic for editing behaviors inside a > contentEditable element. > Interesting data, thanks! But is OS-agnostic behaviour actually the ideal? Obviously it makes writing a sane Web editor easier, but wouldn't users be best served by behaviour that matches their platform? Rob -- "He was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon him, and by his wounds we are healed. We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to his own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." [Isaiah 53:5-6]