PEGOEditor

PEGOeditor is an accessibility oriented wysiwyg editor (what you see is what you get) for (x)html pages: An accessible tool for generating accessible web pages.

The editor is entirely written in Javascript. It therefore works within the web browser: no need to install any further software or plugins. In particular, it is compatible with Mozilla Firefox (from version 1.0 on, along with all Gecko-based browsers) and Internet Explorer (form version 6.0 on).

• An Accessible Tool ... 
• • Based on Javascript and XHTML, the editor itself is accessible: all commands are available through the keyboard; a set of shortcuts allows for faster navigation (i.e. Alt+1 to set the cursor in the working area, etc.)
• ...for generating accessible pages
• • Pages generated by Pegoeditor are accessible since:
    • the generated code is correct xhtml according to section 508 accessibility standards
      
    • code formatting is achieved through CSS classes to guarantee separation of content structure and presentation
      
    • users are forced to insert all crucial elements for accessibility, such as image alternative texts and table summaries
    • code pasting from external applications is partially cleaned up and corrected
    • a non-formatted code window allows for the pasting of "dirty text"
    • the colour box plugin suggests "accessible colours" and it can be disabled to have users using css instead
      
    
    
• Advanced block handling (div, span)
• • • key to highlight blocks
    • breadcrumb navigation of XHTML
    • a CSS class can be assigned to the selected block
    • creation of a block from selected text
    • deletion of a block keeping its content
    
    
• Available plugins and simplicity in development
• • • integrated image and attachment upload
    • advanced table handling
    • css and block handling
    • plugins "inherit" from an abstract superclass provided with all necessary methods