Hi, FYI, I have learned a few days ago that HTMLArea consumes around 4 MB for each instance. If there are 20 users manipulating their own auctions it adds up to 80 MB! They recommend to use FCKeditor ( http://www.fckeditor.net ). It's actively developed, much more features and it has a clean design.
The choice for htmlarea for a reasons of course in comparison to others, if you search the web for html editors you will find lots each has its own features. Since our software is open source, it is very easy for everyone to use the html editor that may suite his needs. Iam not sure where these 4 MB is used on the server by the htmlarea editor, can you please post that link for this info.