I'm looking for something with minimal functionality, such as what you see in gmail or even in stack overflow, but aimed at non developers, that is, no markdown syntax.
Any pointers?
I'm looking for something with minimal functionality, such as what you see in gmail or even in stack overflow, but aimed at non developers, that is, no markdown syntax.
Any pointers?
I recommend FCK Editor and you're looking for a Rich-text editor.
Stackoverflow uses WMD .
You might want to look at Markitup as well, it supports Markdown, Wiki syntaxes. The support for putting source code isn't as good as WMD but it's more customisable.
Personally I don't think markdown is that difficult for non developers, only as much as wiki syntax is.
TinyMCE, FCK Editor, etc can be modified for minimal functionality quite easily. Link to tinymce website
I've used FCK Editor: http://www.fckeditor.net/ which is quite good.
There are so many different editors that you should look at most of them and choose by personal preference. Seriously: there is FCK Editor, TinyMCE, WMD, Markitup, etc.
Some offer an Microsoft Word look and feel as well.