On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 8:41 AM, Daniel F. Kudwien
<news@...> wrote:
[...] Long IRC message from Daniel
Erm. WYSIWYG support not being in Drupal core because the core queue could not handle the support requests? That seems a little bit far fetched.
My own explanation is more simple:
- We haven't found yet a non-crappy jQuery WYSIWYG editor licensed under the GPL (and a even just a non-crappy WYSIWYG editor, for that matter)
- It is doubtful that a WYSIWYG editor improve usability
- On the other hand it is certain that a (non correctly configured) WYSIWYG editor can decrease the efficiency, by (1) encouraging people to use inadequate markup, and (2) allowing them to copy/paste from some brain-dead desktop applications
In a nutshell, the WYSIWYG editors, as we currently know them, doesn't fit every need, so there is no reason to bother to have one in core.
I have said that a few times already, but the answer to questions like "everyone needs a WYSIWYG editor, Drupal should support that out of the box" (feel free to replace "WYSIWYG editor" by "a better forum", "trackback support" or "a pony stable") is *not* "that should be in core", but "people should step up to create and maintain a Drupal distribution that fits these particular needs". Because, no, not everyone needs that, and core is already sufficiently large so that a few areas are already poorly maintained.
Damien
