Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Alpha version of the VisualEditor now available on the English Wikipedia

2012-12-11 Thread Terry Chay 
For Trevor to remember...

So we tried visually editing using the PS3 browser...

http://campl.us/nckV

Great job team! :-)

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On Dec 11, 2012, at 10:07 PM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:

 On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM, James Forrester
 jforres...@wikimedia.org wrote:
 TL;DR: Today we are launching an alpha, opt-in version of the
 VisualEditor[0] to the English Wikipedia. This will let editors create
 and modify real articles visually, using a new system where the
 articles they edit will look the same as when you read them, and their
 changes show up as they type enter them — like writing a document in a
 word processor. Please let us know what you think[1].
 
 Congrats, team! :-D Being able to edit the Real Thing is indeed a huge
 deal -- even if it's still the very very very (very) first release to
 do so. A long road ahead, but maybe some sleep is in order. ;-)
 
 The future just got a little more real.
 
 Erik
 -- 
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikitech-l] Alpha version of the VisualEditor now available on the English Wikipedia

2012-12-11 Thread Bishakha Datta 
On Wed, Dec 12, 2012 at 11:37 AM, Erik Moeller e...@wikimedia.org wrote:


 The future just got a little more real.


Congratulations, all - this is really huge.

Just did a few quick edits to test it out. Much easier adding text in this
format, and also ran into some glitches which I reported.

I'm just imagining how much easier it will be to do wiki workshops and
outreach sessions as this develops further. And for readers to make quick,
small edits as a first step.

The future looks good.

Best
Bishakha
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