Please tell me we're getting a fixed text editor soon!™

[FTL]

But unfortunately it changed ownership and everything went downhill from there.

So friggin' typical. Looking forward to the new editor.

Incidentally, Yahoo had quite a few bugs in it and outages, but got taken over a few years ago, yet again, and it's been rock solid ever since. Sometimes things do improve with new ownership, but it seems to be the minority.

 

[James]

We have implemented what we feel have been far better editors than CKEditor in that time. It wasn't implemented because we deemed it wasn't suitable for our use case.

Froala was perfect. Seriously, it really was. It was very stable and it was very well supported. But unfortunately it changed ownership and everything went downhill from there. It has improved slightly maybe in the last year or so (debatable), but it isn't viable in the long term for us.

We have picked the next editor and it is in a very good state and will be shipped with XF 3.0. Still got a fair bit to do in terms of polishing the UI and wiring up things like custom BB code and toolbar management but we're feeling good and it's VERY promising.

Just out of curiosity have you gone for an open sourced free to reuse editor or one you've managed to negotiate a commercial licence for?

Just wondering.

 

[Chris D]

It is free and open source.

 

[Suzanne O]

It is free and open source.

Ah i just had a look on google.
Some nice ones on there.
Still guessing joomla but with all those choices i now reckon i know which one.

 

[Chris D]

Joomla isn't a rich text editor. It's an entire content management system.

 

[Suzanne O]

Joomla isn't a rich text editor. It's an entire content management system.

Zendesk might be another.

 

[btmgreg]

It is free and open source.

My spidy sense tells me its Editor.js https://editorjs.io/

That, or Wang Editor

(Wonder if I'll get a rise out of that one?)

 

[Chris D]

I evaluated Editor.js and surprisingly it was a bigger flop than the Wang.

 

[Chris D]

Zendesk might be another.

Zendesk is help desk software. None of these things are editors. The thing we are replacing is the box I'm typing into now. You can't replace that with a helpdesk software.

 

[btmgreg]

Maybe we could use Burgerking as a new editor. Better than a wang? A whopper.

 

[Suzanne O]

Zendesk is help desk software. None of these things are editors. The thing we are replacing is the box I'm typing into now. You can't replace that with a helpdesk software.

Ah ok. I'll have to wait and see then

 

[Suzanne O]

Maybe we could use Burgerking as a new editor. Better than a wang? A whopper.

You've got fast food on your mind.

Some of these names for editors are gold.

 

[XẹnPixel]

It is free and open source.

Maybe Lexical? Image insert though is like the old days

 

[FTL]

@Chris D Why not just tell us what editor you've chosen? Can't see the point of this big mystery.

 

[Ivancas]

@Chris D Why not just tell us what editor you've chosen? Can't see the point of this big mystery.

Because it's the same reason there is no roadmap. Decisions are still being taken, XF is always beta

 

[Taylor J]

I'm sort of hoping it's Quill

 

[Chris D]

Because it's the same reason there is no roadmap. Decisions are still being taken, XF is always beta

The decision is made, we're all in on the editor that we've chosen, and it has received a significant amount of development to get it to this point.

We'll show it off and talk about it more once it's ready.

 

[FTL]

The decision is made, we're all in on the editor that we've chosen, and it has received a significant amount of development to get it to this point.

We'll show it off and talk about it more once it's ready.

Cool, look forward to it. I'd still appreciate a teaser!

 

[James]

Cool, look forward to it. I'd still appreciate a teaser!

Hot off the press...!

 

[Blackbeard]

It sounds like 3.0 is around the corner, and 2.3 is just a stepping stone.