Hi Matt and Anthony,
Yes, it would be nice to see the textbox tool improved, but remember if
you go for a .Net solution it won't be available for users running
Blackboard on Linux or Unix boxes...
Malcolm.
P.S. I think some of the Mac problems discussed earlier relate to the
ActiveX controls currently used by the Blackboard textBox tool. This
won't work with a Mac (no ActiveX support).
Matt Elton wrote:
> Anthony,
>
> I remember creating a building block to add another free
> textbox editor a couple of years ago, so yes this is possible. It's
> relatively easy to implement, but the editor will not replace the
> editor used in other areas within Bb ,such as the description box for
> forums and groups.
>
> Matt
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> *From:* Anthony Doyle <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2005 12:14 PM
> *Subject:* Re: Text Box Editor
>
> I often think about the functionality of the text editor in
> Blackboard and do end up feeling disappointed at how inflexible it
> is. I use a text editor called Freetextbox which is an ASP.net
> control in some of my own web based projects, mainly a website
> content management system I have been writing for myself. This
> control can be seen at http://www.freetextbox.com and I believe it
> works on others browsers than IE but you’d need to test it, it is
> supposed to support Mozilla. I was toying with the idea of looking
> at a building block to use the control as an ASP.NET block to add
> content to a content area but just haven’t got round to thinking
> about it. I wonder if this is possible? (Matt maybe you have some
> ideas?)
>
>
>
> One thing which I find very interesting is that Blackboard are
> listed as a project using the control on the WIKI site for
> freetextbox, see http://wiki.freetextbox.com/ at the bottom, here’s
> an extract:
>
>
>
>
> *Projects Using
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/default.aspx/FreeTextBoxWiki.FreeTextBox>
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/default.aspx/FreeTextBoxWiki.FreeTextBox>FreeTextBox
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/default.aspx/FreeTextBoxWiki.FreeTextBox>*
>
> · BlackBoard
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/default.aspx/FreeTextBoxWiki.BlackBoard>:
> http://www.blackboard.com/
>
> · SmarterMail
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/default.aspx/FreeTextBoxWiki.SmarterMail>:
> http://www.smartertools.com/
>
> · Community Server :: Forums, Blogs, Gallery:
> http://www.communityserver.org/
>
> ·
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.DotNetNuke&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.DotNetNuke&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>DotNetNuke
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.DotNetNuke&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>:
> http://www.dotnetnuke.com/
>
> · DNNBB: http://www.dnnbb.com/
>
> · Rainbow Portal: http://www.rainbowportal.net/
>
> ·
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.RedYawning&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.RedYawning&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>RedYawning
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=FreeTextBoxWiki.RedYawning&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>:
> http://www.redyawning.com/
>
> ·
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=Joel.Net.WebLogs&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=Joel.Net.WebLogs&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>WebLogs
> <http://wiki.freetextbox.com/wikiedit.aspx?topic=Joel.Net.WebLogs&return=FreeTextBoxWiki.HomePage>
> http://joel.net/code/weblogs.aspx/
>
> · Exia Web Solution Framework: http://www.exia.net/
>
> · Mongoose Solutions Forums.NET:
> http://www.mongoosesolutions.com/mg/products/forums.net/forums_net.aspx
>
>
>
> I just wonder if Blackboard have already though about using this
> editor in the core product????
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Anthony Doyle
>
> Middlesbrough College
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> *From:* Blackboard/Courseinfo userslist
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Matt Elton
> *Sent:* 25 February 2005 12:03
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: Text Box Editor
>
>
>
> We had the same problem, the text box editor only seems to work
> properly with IE.
>
>
>
> Matt
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>
> *From:* Warren A.J.D. <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> *Sent:* Friday, February 25, 2005 11:40 AM
>
> *Subject:* Re: Text Box Editor
>
>
>
> Dear all
>
> I also discovered that the text box editor doesn't work with
> Safari, the
> Mac OS browser - or at least it didn't work on my friend's Mac - can
> others confirm this? It defaulted back to the old simple
> (smart-text)
> input, so it is not a critical loss.
>
> Adam
>
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