IE WYSIWYG editing... problems

[teknodude]

I have developed a WYSIWYG editor that will only work in IE, due to it's use of IE's proprietary features (e.g. document.designMode and document.execCommand('bold', false, null)). Now, it works fine in IE6 on the PC (and should in theory work no problem on IE5), but when opened in IE5 on a Mac it doesn't work :-S

Does anyone know why this is? Does IE on the Mac not support the WYSIWYG editing that IE on the PC allows you to achieve through IE's proprietary scripting?

TIA for your help folks 🙂

teknodude

 

[teknodude]

Anyone please...? 🙁

 

[HarryAngel]

sorry i dont have the answer to your question but you should be able to find some anwsers on macforums. planning to release your editor for the public? shareware?

 

[teknodude]

Heh, no it's just a simple WYSIWYG editor. You can find many similar WYSIWYG web-based editors for free by searching Google 🙂 Thanks, I'll ask on MacForums.

teknodude

 

[MrChad]

IE for Mac is a bit hobbled. There's no LiveConnect functionality, and from a quick Google Groups search I did, the MSHTML editing capabilities are missing too.

 

[teknodude]

Originally posted by: MrChad
IE for Mac is a bit hobbled. There's no LiveConnect functionality, and from a quick Google Groups search I did, the MSHTML editing capabilities are missing too.

oh crap. lol

Any suggestions for alternatives as this is kinda critical to my client. He only has Macs, and I need a basic WYSIWYG solution ASAP :-S

teknodude

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: teknodude
....my client. He only has Macs

And you didn't even once bother to check if your solution was even capable of running on a mac before you started writing it?

 

[teknodude]

And you didn't even once bother to check if your solution was even capable of running on a mac before you started writing it?

I was (mis)led to believe that the client was using PCs, and so Macs did not come into the equation. Thanks for your criticism 🙂