[snookca]

wysihtml5 is a decent editor. It's fairly lightweight in comparison to the other editors. I feel that its approach to DOM changes makes it easier to create cross-browser consistency. However, I feel the event system could really use some work and I find myself working against the editor to add new features. I would prefer if the framework made it easier to add new features rather than having to change the core to get the desired result. (and maybe I just need to spend more time with it.)

Oh, and I should add that the built-in parser isn't very flexible and requires lengthy configuration.

[WimLeers]

Could you go into a little bit more detail on how you think it compares to other editors?

And more specifically: what are your thoughts on the Aloha editor?

[snookca]

The problem I have with most editors is that they try to be like a piece of desktop software. "Install me and get all of these features including themes and plugins." That's not what I want. I want an API. I want a consistent cross-browser approach to wysiwyg html editing that doesn't weigh in at 200+k minified.

What does Aloha come in at? (Web Inspector is telling me 1.6MB!)

I haven't used Aloha but my impression is that it's trying to be like all the other editors like TinyMCE or CKEditor.

wysihtml5 is lightweight, which is nice. It provides a command API so that I can wire up commands to my own toolbar and provides state management. But I don't like that some built-in commands don't offer up enough externalization, like autolinking. Or that I can't cancel an event like beforecommand. beforecommand doesn't even tell me what command is being fired. (or if it does, I couldn't find out how.)