https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49666
Timeshifter <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|FIXED |--- --- Comment #25 from Timeshifter <[email protected]> --- Edit and edit source links so confusing I had to disable Visual Editor in preferences today. So you have lost another beta tester. A good one too since I have written many comments and bug reports about VE here and on the Wikipedia feedback page. I disabled Visual Editor (VE) in preferences today due to constantly clicking the "edit" link instead of the "edit source" link. I am talking about section editing. The source editing link only shows up after unintuitively mousing over the edit link and so I am constantly clicking the wrong link. I almost always prefer editing with the source editor since I make frequent edits to tables, images, navboxes, templates, and reference formatting. All at a deep level of formatting, placement, refactoring, etc.. I am very fast in the source editor, and VE only edits partially and poorly at deeper levels, if at all. It would be better to use an icon for the "edit source" links for sections. For ideas: *[[commons:User:Timeshifter/Sandbox 10]] *[[commons:Category:Square brackets]] *[[commons:Category:MediaWiki brackets]] "edit source" can show up after mousing over the icon. That is much more intuitive. I did not notice the "edit source" link at all for awhile, since I was rapidly clicking the edit link. This could drive away many editors. Anonymous editors especially. They have no ability to fix the problem by turning off visual editor in preferences. Many anonymous editors just do not like to log in, and are very used to editing in source editor. Some will be very irritated by the confusing clicking and mousing, just like me. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. _______________________________________________ Wikibugs-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikibugs-l
