Hello Randy,
The browser plays the most important part in our product - it edits the content. If a feature is not supported by the browser we have to write it ourselves. However, if we do not use the editing engine of the browser, we have to write the complete control from scratch, and the end result will be far from the one we currently offer. Not to say that we have to rewrite the browser's rendering engine and the rich-text editing engine, we have to offer support for CSS, JavaScript, HTML, XHTML editing, displaying images, tables etc. As far as I know this is about 15MB of an installation on the client. There is no way we can display this type of application through an internet connection.
The development of the rich-text editing engine by Web-Kit browsers and Opera is moving forward and the needs of our clients have shifted towards better products - fast, usable, stable, bug-free and extensively customizable. This all should come in the smallest package possible, for performance issues. We are using everything the current browsers offer and sincerely hope that Web-kit and Opera developers will implement the features provided by IE and Firefox.
Best regards,
Rumen
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