https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=50540
--- Comment #39 from Timeshifter <[email protected]> --- (In reply to comment #38 by Chris McKenna) I think completely new users would be more confused by having to choose between 2 edit links in text format. We want to encourage them to try the WYSIWYG visual editor first. If there is one link and one icon they see the VE "edit" link and so they click it to edit. Nothing could be simpler up to that point. Then they type in some text, and maybe add bold and italic via VE. So far, it is very simple, and exactly like their email composition. My Google Mail "compose" link goes directly to the WYSIWYG editor. So should the "edit" link in Wikipedia. Google Mail offers a "plain text mode" in an unlabeled dropdown menu at the bottom right of the compose window. We don't want to make wikitext source editing difficult to access, and so an icon is direct access. But we won't confuse completely new users by having two openly-labeled "edit" links. -- 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
