[TYPO3-v4] TinyMCE vs htmlArea RTE

[Zachary Davis]

+1 to everything Dmitry says. HTMLArea is a constant source of 
complaints from our clients. Content editors principle point of 
interaction with TYPO3 is the RTE, and I can't stress enough the degree 
to which HTMLArea's inconsistencies lead to bad client experiences with 
TYPO3.

On every level except for integration with TYPO3, TinyMCE is superior. 
The big problem with it, for us, is that the the link dialog and the 
image dialog need to be improved. Nonetheless, we've given up on 
HTMLArea and have started using TinyMCE on new sites.

Zach



Dmitry Dulepov wrote:
> Hi!
>
> Xavier Perseguers wrote:
>> our Community Manager, Ben, thought it would be worth trying to have a
>> (hopefully) objective feature comparison coming from the community
>> itself, may it be from htmlArea "fans" or from TinyMCE "lovers".
>
> I tried both and TinyMCE wins for me in *standalone* cases because:
> - it loads faster
> - it is more lightweight
> - it creates cleaner code
> - it is more predictable (does not create empty paragraphs from nothing
> and makes sure that enter always makes a paragraph, not suddently a line
> break)
> - it is easier to configure (at least for me)
>
> Inside TYPO3 there is no way to beat HTMLArea now because that is much
> better integrated to TYPO3 than any other RTE. But if that is leveraged,
> I would definitely prefer to have TinyMCE instead of HTMLArea.
>
> And if we can, we should simplify RTE configuration. Currently it is the
> most complex part of TYPO3. I never know what should I change to get the
> desired effect. With plain TinyMCE configuration it is extremely easy.
>