A WYSIWYG editor for only bold italic and list
javascript, jquery, wysiwyg
Solution
UPDATE 11/11/2015:
The Wysihtml editor mentioned below now lives here: https://github.com/Voog/wysihtml
And since I mentioned Basecamp, they have a new rich text editor (written for Basecamp 3): https://github.com/basecamp/trix
Trix targets modern browsers (IE11+), so if you need older IE support, Wysihtml may still be a better choice.
OLD 7/11/2013:
This seems to be a reasonably modern one: https://github.com/xing/wysihtml5
I believe it's used on Basecamp.
Supported in IE8+, FF 3.5+, Safari 4+, Safari on iOS 5+, Opera 11+ and Chrome.
Simple Demo
Advanced Demo
Problem
I was wondering if anyone had any advice on a cross browser WYSIWYG editor for producing only lsits, bold and italic. I don't want to use markdown because my users are not very computer friendly, and I also don't need them to have many controls. My experience of WYSIWYG editors is that they are huge sledgehammers and I only want to crack open a small nut. Any input would be much appreciated.