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== WYSIWYG editors ==

WYSIWYG editors provide an editing interface which looks the same way as the output displayed in the [[Web browser]]. A WYSIWYG editor does not require the user to have any HTML knowledge, which makes it a lot easier for the average computer user to create a Web site. But thisthese editors are also heavily criticized by Web specialistspecialists mainly for two reasons:
*They This editorsusually don't usually write valid HTML code and
*WYSIWYG does not make sense for HTML.

=== Valid HTML code ===

HTML is a heavily structured [[markup language]]. There are certain rules on how HTML must be written as defined by the [[W3C]] standards. Following thisthese rules allows for sites that are also accessible to handicapped people, and also to [[small devices]] like [[mobile phone]]s or [[PDA]]s.

WYSIWYG editor usually fail to adhere to this rules. This has been the main point of criticism since the first introduction of this editors. But on the other hand they have greatly improved on this point since then.

=== HTML is not WYSIWYG ===

It is very difficult even for advanced HTML [[programmer]]scoders to write a visual appealing Web site that looks the same on every Web browser., This hasfor two reasons. First, :
*HTML was not intended for designing, but for transporting information. Additionally every
*Every Web browser has [[Computer bug|bugs]] and does not display HTML fully like the standard intended. So the target "what you see is what you get" is very difficult to impossible to reach.

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