https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=49666
--- Comment #27 from Timeshifter <[email protected]> --- Saying it is fixed does not make it fixed. The link is hidden, and so I don't consider it "displayed" as per the current title of this bugzilla thread: "VisualEditor: Display a link to both VE and wikitext editor on every section header". And you did not address my points. I don't want to start another Bugzilla thread, and have to repeat everything there that was written here. Several people in this thread pointed out their dislike of multi-stage processes to be able to click an "edit source" link. I am concerned about anonymous editors. I know at some point it is likely an option will be provided in preferences to provide registered editors with a direct "edit source" link and/or clickable icon (maybe with explanatory tooltip). But unless a direct "edit source" and/or clickable icon link is provided to anonymous editors, then some anonymous editors will edit less. Just like I edited less today, and almost quit editing altogether for the day, due to my annoyance with this multi-stage method, and the many times I messed up. The point of the visual editor is to get people to edit more, not less. It should not get in the way of editing. It should aid editing. Wikia refused to provide registered editors an option to put the source editor tab on top of the visual editor tab. So people had to do a multi-stage process for every single edit in order to get to the source editor. Click edit, then wait tediously for visual editor to load, then click the source tab. For every edit... So many, if not most, regular editors disabled the visual editor in preferences. Feedback and bug reports lessened, especially the best feedback from the best editors. Similar to here now. I have to use a multi-stage process to get to the source editor. Aim at "edit" link or the line it is on, mouse over that "edit" link or line, aim better if necessary, wait for "edit source" link to show up, move mouse over to that link, click. Many times I accidentally, or by habit, click the edit link, and then have to click the back button, and start over. So I have to disable the Visual Editor. Here is a possible icon method. "Edit source" tooltip can show up after mousing over the icon. And the small icon can have a transparent left and right border that makes the area wider for mousing over. So people will have no problem understanding that the icon is an "edit source" link. The visible part of the icon will be small, similar in size to the watchlist star at the top of pages. But the clickable part would extend to the left and right a bit to allow easier clicking. -- 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
