Talk:Comparison of HTML editors

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This article was nominated for deletion on May 14, 2006. The result of the discussion was Keep.

[edit] Secure FTP

I would like a column that indicates which products support SFTP for publishing. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 165.230.124.2 (talk) 21:40, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Missing Footnotes

I was just adding some things to this page and noticed that there are footnotes but their links go nowhere as if someonw deleted that information... [[User:Kiby145|<span style="background:#a00;color:#000">:K<span style="background:#c00">i<span style="background:#d00">rby1</span>4</span>5:</span>]] 22:06, 24 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Why only WYSIWYG editors on this page?

Since this page is "Comparison of HTML editors" not "Comparison of WYSIWYG HTML editors" and many html editors are *not* WYSIWYG, then why is this comparison page not including them?

I don't want to start the WYSIWYG vs handcode war here, but some of the non-WYSIWYG editors like HomeSite, etc are far more than just text editors, so why not include them here? jwilkinson 21:44, 14 April 2006 (UTC)

That's a good point, but I fear that too many comparison categories would be inapplicable. For instance, syntax highlighting for a wysiwyg editor, or image format support for a text editor. It's a bit like comparing apples to oranges in some cases; we'd probably be better off with two separate comparison pages unless you can devise some way of writing comparison tables that make sense. -Fadookie ^Talk 08:43, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

Looking over the page here, I think you'd be surprised at how many of those comparison categories are quite applicable to an advanced code-based HTML/web editor like TopStyle or HomeSite. If it were a big problem, perhaps the article should divide into 2 large sections, one comparing WYSIWYG HTML editors to each other and the other comparing non-WYSIWYG HTML editors to each other... though I don't think that's really necessary. jwilkinson 16:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

If you can figure out a way of writing comparison tables that make sense, go for it. -Fadookie ^Talk 09:47, 23 April 2006 (UTC)

Also, Comparison of text editors covers many programs that function as HTML text editors. -Fadookie ^Talk 08:43, 15 April 2006 (UTC)

But it doesn't cover them from a point of view concentrating on HTML work. Something like TopStyle or HomeSite is far more than a text editor and favorably compares to the WYSIWYG HTML editors in features. jwilkinson 16:22, 20 April 2006 (UTC)

A good compromise is treating all general-purpose text editors as a single option and pointing to the comparison of text editors, maybe expanding that page to include HTML-specific information, while text editors specifically focused on HTML should be treated as individual entries on this list. Verithrax 08:18, 20 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Preview Pane

There should be a column for whether or not the editor has a preview pane. To users of front page or other legacy editors this is a important feature. Though personally i prefer VIM. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.99.65.8 (talk) 11:43, 5 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] link for syntax

Dogru144 (talk) 00:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] PHP Support

[edit] link for syntax

Dogru144 (talk) 00:08, 12 June 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Screem

I was linked here by SCREEM's page, and Screem isn't on here. Can/should it be? 88.11.150.218 (talk) 19:33, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Release Date

Would it be possible to add Date data to the version column? It is not possible to directly compare version numbers between different software to determine which one is newer. It could then be possible to add the 'discontinued' status into the version column instead of being part of the name. Rgb9000 (talk) 17:50, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Opera Dragonfly?

I don't think it's an HTML editor? It's more of a web inspector/debugger like Firebug and Safari's Web Inspector? Ufopedia (talk) 04:19, 19 October 2008 (UTC)

At that moment you're right. But it is an alpha and they plan to expand the tool with many more features (some hints are already given on the dragonfly page!) mabdul 0=* 15:44, 22 October 2008 (UTC)

[edit] OS

The table should show compatible operating systems.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Xupid (talk • contribs) 17:45, 27 October 2008 (UTC) 

Compatibility of operating systems is not germaine to the present site. Only matters of the editors are pertinent to this site. This site does address which operating systems the HTML editors work with. Dogru144 (talk) 02:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] SeaMonkey, CSS

A comparison site addresses improvements in SeaMonkey. It now does handle CSS. Please see this review site: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008/05/06/25-wysiwyg-editors-reviewed/ --from Smashing Magazine, May 6, 2008. Dogru144 (talk) 02:49, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Image format support

What is the definition of an editor supporting a given image format?

-- Smjg (talk) 12:35, 6 November 2008 (UTC)

I'd be surprised if that's the definition - the table includes TIFF, which isn't normally used on the WWW, so why would any HTML editors generate image files in this format? -- Smjg (talk) 14:55, 8 November 2008 (UTC)