WMD-Editor.com - The WYSIWYMean Editor

WMD-Editor, aka the WYSIWYM Markdown Editor, is a streamlined HTML editor for your blog, for forums, for comments and for basic content in general. Unlike the more common WYSIWYG, WMD-Editor brings you What You See Is What You Mean, the difference being that straight forward 'what you get' type editors fail to make your texts more accessible. Handicapped people and mobile users for instance, don't benefit from WYSIWYG. HTML is meant as a descriptor and that is exactly how WMD leverages it. WMD puts out clean semantic HTML-- the presentation elements such as color and fonts are left to style sheets. However, thanks to WMD's preview function, you'll still be able to see how your text actually appears with the applied style sheets. It's freely availble for download and works with all major browsers including Opera, Konqueror and Netscape.

"WMD is a simple, lightweight HTML editor for blog comments, forum posts, and basic content management. You can add WMD to any textarea with one line of code. Add live preview with one line more. WMD works in nearly all modern browsers, and is now completely free to use. The next release will be open source under an MIT-style license."

"WMD is a simple, lightweight HTML editor for blog comments, forum posts, and basic content management. You can add WMD to any textarea with one line of code. Add live preview with one line more. WMD works in nearly all modern browsers, and is now completely free to use. The next release will be open source under an MIT-style license."

Will this type of editor actually appeal to mainstream users? Is it as easy to use?