Why hasn't WYSIWYG rich text input caught on for blogs and community sites?
Most users are accustomed to entering rich text in a WYSIWYG format, from using their instant messenger, email client and word processor. There are at least two mature and popular JavaScript text editors, [CKEditor][1] and [TinyMCE][2]; yet almost every blog and forum I've visited still requires the user to learn a special format like Markdown, BBCode or even HTML. What gives?

  [1]: http://ckeditor.com/
  [2]: http://www.tinymce.com/
Why hasn't WYSIWYG rich text input caught on for blogs and community sites?
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Most users are accustomed to entering rich text in a WYSIWYG format, from using their instant messenger, email client and word processor. There are at least two mature and popular JavaScript text editors, [CKEditor][1] and [TinyMCE][2]; yet almost every blog and forum I've visited still requires the user to learn a special format like Markdown, BBCode or even HTML. What gives?

  [1]: http://ckeditor.com/
  [2]: http://www.tinymce.com/