New comment by claviska in "Static web – back to the roots?"

> WordPress was one of the most visible early proponent of WYSIWYG, but others joined.

I added inline editing to Surreal CMS back in 2013, but obviously it’s not a well-known brand (the keyword is “visible” I guess).

People love inline editing, especially non-devs. When you abstract content into forms or markdown you often end up with results that look different from what you intended. I get feedback from new users weekly about how easy inline editing is for them.

Fortunately, TinyMCE, CKEditor, ProseMirror, et al all support it and the trend is finally shifting. But as a developer, I can attest that inline editing isn’t easy to get right — even when the underlying lib supports it.

I suspect that’s why we still see forms for content in CMSs.

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