There are several companies offering WYWSIWYG visual editors that can be added to Content Management Systems. skyBuilders is the latest source for visual editors, and it offers solutions for IE and for Mozilla 1.1+.

Most WYSIWYG editors are based on Microsoft's MSHTML Active-X Controls, first introduced with Internet Explorer 4.01. IE has dominated the field of WYSIWYG editing widgets, and most CMS only offer visual editing to clients on the Windows platform. Several software development groups have enhanced the Microsoft widgets, offering technical support for incorporating them into a CMS, and in some cases offering easily customized versions. For example, Ephox has a "configurator" that lets the CMS OEM turn on just the tools desired in the WYSIWYG interface.

Until recently, cross-platform WYSIWYG visual editing in the browser has only been available from Java-based solutions, most of them closed, proprietary, and expensive. The leading Java visual editing widget is from Real Objects. The one Java open-source WYSIWYG editor is not yet ready for prime time, and commercial Java applet and application solutions seem to lack the full features of the Microsoft Active-X Controls.

WYSIWYG Visual Editors

Product	Technology	Website
The List of TTW WYSIWYG Editors (Paul Browning)	All	The List
Bitflux (XML Editor)	Mozilla	Bitflux
ComposIte	Mozilla	composite.mozdev.org
Ektron eWebEditPro	IE	www.ektron.com
Ektron eWebWP	Flash	www.ektron.com
Ephox Edit-Live and Edit Live for Java	IE and Java	www.ephox.com
Hexidec Ekit (open source)	Java	www.hexidec.com
Jspell	Java	www.jspell.com
Real Objects GmbH	Java	www.realobjects.de
skyBuilders skyWriters	IE and Mozilla	wysiwyg.skybuilders.com
WebsiteASP OmniUpdate	IE	www.omniupdate.com
Xopus (XML Editor)	Mozilla	www.xopus.org

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