а  редактор мне переделывает их на < и >

Работа в этом направлении ведется, но автор сейчас ищет новую работу, так что пока все повисло на неопределенное время.

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The Bad Part

I thought I could still work on Kompozer while at INRIA. Unfortunately, I had absolutely no time to take any vacation during this year and very little free time to work on other free projects.

Just to make it clear:

* yes, the KompoZer project is stalled at the moment since I am the only regular developer and I am too busy;
* no, there is no so-called “successor” for KompoZer; there are other projects which address the same needs but with another codebase…
* yes, I am still interested in finishing the job I have been doing on KompoZer, i.e. backporting the codebase to comm-central / SeaMonkey.

I think dom2text editors are not relevant any more for modern web development. They are still useful and appreciated to learn the basics of web design, a wysiwyg CSS editor can be useful as well, but they will never be an alternative to text2dom editors like DreamWeaver™ or Komodo.

I am convinced that wysiwyg HTML editors should be focussed on content instead of presentation. I am thinking of a “Web Processing Suite” that could be a real-world alternative to word processors and slideshow editors, and we need a modern, stable, community-maintained editor for that. This has always been my main motivation with KompoZer, and after my work at INRIA I have a pretty sharp idea of what a “Web Processor” should look like.

The Best Part

I am not looking for any job at the moment. I have just signed a 6-month contract with Mozilla and I will start working with Ehsan Akhgari on the <editor> back-end in mid-July.

Needless to say, I am more than thrilled about this new challenge. More on this subject soon. :-)