EditX - Get it while it's hot!

A new version of EditX was released today by the EPiServer Research guys. If you haven't heard of EditX before, it is a new cross-browser edit mode for EPiServer that works in FireFox and IE.

The latest update includes the ability to preview before save, add internal links to pages in the editor (FCKeditor) and has a new tab for editing dynamic properties in the page edit screen.

Some of the features I like the best so far are usability enhancements more than anything. For example when you hover over the create new page option in the menu, a list of templates drops out for you to select, rather than having to load a new page listing the templates.

One big improvement is the implementation of the FCKeditor control. While it is not fully integrated into EPiServer, it now allows the selection of internal pages when inserting links and files. The standard editor in EPiServer is good, but just lacks the polish of the FCKeditor and has a number of issues to do with the HTML generated.

The module is not feature complete, but is at a stage where it is quite usable. Hopefully some of the stuff in this module will end up in a future version of the product. Here's a couple of screenshots, IE 7 vs FireFox.

[EditX in IE 7]

[EditX in FireFox 1.5]

So what are you waiting for? Why are you still reading this, go download it and have a play!