(This page belongs to the article Evaluation of WYSIWYG-editors 2007 by Peter Krantz)
Below is the detailed result for the tested editors. If you find an error, please leave a comment or send an email to pete at standards-schmandards.com. The test criteria evaluate markup functionality rather than formatting features. Each editor was used to create the a sample document after which the resulting code was inspected.
Test | XStandard | TinyMCE | EditOnPro | FCK-editor | WYMeditor | Loki | Xinha | Cute Editor |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Version tested | 1.7.1 | 2.0.9 | 4.3.134.19 | 2.4 | 0.2 | 2.0b 2 | rev 647 | 5.3 |
Headings | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (6) | Yes | Yes |
Paragraph | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Link title | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
List | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Nested list | Yes | No (9) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (7) | Yes | No (9) |
Nested list (mixed type) | Yes | No (9) | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (9) |
Table headers | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes (8) | No | Yes (11) |
Table caption | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No |
Table summary | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Language | Yes (1) | No | No (6) | No | No | No | Yes | No |
Acronym | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No (3) | No |
Emphasis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Strong emphasis | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
Quote, inline | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Quote, block | Yes | Yes (4) | Yes (4) | Yes (4) | Yes | Yes | Yes (4) | Yes (4) |
Image alt-text | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (5) | Yes |
IE 6 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Firefox 2.0.0.1 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No (11) |
Safari | Yes (2) | Yes (10) | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Requires client installation | Yes | No | No (12) | No | No | No | No | No |
Score (out of 19) | 19 | 15 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 10 |
Previous score | 14 | 13 | 16 | 9 | - | - | - | 14 |