That's true. Even knowing how to code doesn't mean the output will be nice to look at. I guess what I meant was that providing granular controls that mimic what a developer would do tend to bog down the average user.

For instance, let's say you allow someone to click on a div element and specify the padding/margin/positioning. Now multiply that by 10 elements on the screen and give them a blank slate in regards to layout/colors and that's a recipe for ugly.

We seem to want that ideal of total control in a wysiwyg editor (ie build your site from scratch and drag anything anywhere!) but I would suggest that it's something else entirely for the casual website builder. Not templates, but maybe a hybrid.

That said, scrollkit looks pretty awesome and looking forward to how it evolves.