What are the better WYSIWYG post editor replacement alternatives?

Question

I hate the built-in WYSWIG editor for WordPress. (EDIT: Editors of the sites I support hate it, which in turn makes more work for me. Hence, I hate it.) I know there are some alternatives out there, but I'm curious what the more functional and usable ones are?

Issues that I hear:

• The text auto formatting either a) adds html or b) strips html. This is annoying.

• The view within the preview section doesn't use the stylesheets of the web site itself, so it's not really WYSIWYG

Answer 1

when one of my clients have doesn't like the TinyMCE editor i add the Dean's FCKEditor For WordPress plugin that integrates the ckeditor and install the office 2003 skin for it so they find it easier to use.

Answer 2

You can use client blogging tools such as

• Windows Live Writer
• Mars Edit

This might get round their objections - Live Writer can definitely preview using site stylesheets