[thelist] WYSIWYG editors (was: WebReview responds to WaSP)

[aardvark]

> From: Jay Fitzgerald <jayfitz at bayou.com>
>
> I have just started using ImageReady to "create" my code based on
> designs created in photoshop....hand-coding is getting old to me so I
> am looking for a faster way to create...
> 
> Does anyone have any experience with IR? The code it generates is the
> cleanest I have ever seen, even next to DW...Is there a downside to
> using IR like I do? Please advise before I get toooo comfortable using
> it.....lol

the code can be GoLive style (horrendous) or another style... you 
can customize it enough to make it quote attributes and use 
lowercase in the tags... if you've done this, you're off to a good 
start...

however, it will not create tight code or ideal pages... it relies very 
heavily on complex tables to match your slices (i've found i can 
almost always simplify a table), and unless you're an IR maven, 
you'll be exporting all sorts of images you don't need, and not 
trimming others you could trim...  the rollover code is pretty bad, 
too...

all in all, while it may seem easier, it would probably take a lot of 
work to clean the code, configure IR the way you want it, clean up 
the images (trimming, removing, etc.) in order to get tight, 
compliant code... i'd stick to hand-coding...

you can see an old rant about a poorly-done IR-sliced site in the 
archives at:

http://lists.evolt.org/oldarchive/Week-of-Mon-20000424/012685.html