Edtr.io
Dev tools
embeddable rich text editor
SHOW HN2020
How HN took it
5 positive, 26 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 14 critical, out of 46 comments about the project. Thread score -0.31.
Execution: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 2 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 3 againstPerformance: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
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What HN said
What people liked
Clean, intuitive editing with a live demo on the landing page
From 2 comments
I thought that until I realized that image that's there IS the actual editor
predators372 on HNThe entire page is editable and a live demo. It could probably be higher up, but it is mentioned on the page.
jedimastert on HN
Good JSON data structure for content with custom components
From 1 comment
Nice. I honestly have been looking for something like this for awhile. All the examples I found with slate were either insufficient or outdated (i.e. canner editor) -- and in a…
fourstar on HN
Objections
Keyboard navigation and shortcuts are broken
From 2 comments
Criticism: Cmd+left/right/up/down doesn't work - instant dealbreaker.
spurgu on HNMuch other keyboard accessibility is also painfully broken. It’s basically only usable by mouse. Up/Down do the wrong thing almost every time (though within a multi-line…
chrismorgan on HN
Layout and dialog design look broken
From 1 comment
Layouts seem broken. Dialogs that are mostly empty space and icons that overlap borders.
andybak on HN
Mobile support is limited and hyperlink insertion is buggy
From 2 comments
It’s pronounced Editor IO. Web editor in the sense that the editor runs as a web app, and the default rendering output is React (although other output formats are possible).…
inyono on HNLooks good and am glad that editing text works on mobile (so many of these struggle with predictive text, even Google CoLabs's text boxes gets stuck on that) However when you go…
nmstoker on HN
Relies on Slate, which has breaking changes and is in beta
From 2 comments
Here's the problem relying on slate (I've used it and all the others [quill, ckeditor, etc etc]) -- you are also relying on Ian Storm Taylor and he's known for going on a streak…
fourstar on HNSlate is in beta and isn’t stable yet last time I heard.
bhl on HN
Requests
Clarify MIT license and commercial use on the landing page
From 2 comments
This is really nice. One note: the landing page doesn’t mention the MIT license or commercial use. I had to go to the repo to figure it out. Would love to look into integrating…
leshokunin on HNYes, landing page only mentions Open Source, maybe we should clarify that. You can reach us at edtr-io@splish.dev
inyono on HN
Clarify who the project is for and compare with alternatives
From 1 comment
TBH my suggestion is to work on making this more clear of who it's for. Maybe add a comparison to other current solutions out there, since at first I was a bit confused what it's…
fourstar on HN
Questions
What does it add over Slate alone?
From 1 comment
So this is built on Slate—what does it bring to the table that you can’t do with Slate out of the box?
jsf01 on HN
Can it be embedded on a web page or used as a CMS?
From 2 comments
Is it possible to embed the editor on a web page?
monikgandhi on HNSo can I put this on my site to kind of make a cms for my site to add pages or blogs/blog posts etc?
indigodaddy on HN
Alternatives named
ProseMirror
From 2 comments
Prosemirror seems to be one of the most pluggable block editors out there. For the vue.js community, tiptap is built on prosemirror. Slate (which this is built on) is good too.
curo on HNTry ProseMirror. There’s a high learning curve at the beginning, but it’s pretty simple to make custom nodes and plugins once you understand the framework and APIs.
bhl on HN
Quill
From 1 comment
There are LOTS of competitors, but of course, not all are apples to apples. Here is a partial list of some of the more active wysiwyg editors: ``` Quill: https://quilljs.com…
sam_goody on HN
GrapesJS
From 1 comment
If you're going to use it commercially, don't miss https://grapesjs.com/ It has a much more stable API, UIs and it has an MJML preset. Under a permissive BSD-3 license.
tmikaeld on HN
Gutenberg
From 2 comments
Gutenberg, it can be decoupled from Wordpress. But you can start searching for tinymce alternatives and you will found hundreds
joking on HNGutenberg https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/
noeltock on HN
Editor.js
From 1 comment
There are LOTS of competitors, but of course, not all are apples to apples. Here is a partial list of some of the more active wysiwyg editors: ``` Quill: https://quilljs.com…
sam_goody on HN