On 11/02/12 22:08, [email protected] wrote: >> If big changes can only be done with plaintext, there's something wrong >> in your Visual Editor. > > I mean plaintext is always more convenient for doing something big. > For example, it's just faster to enter '''text''' instead of > mouse-clicking [B], then switching back to keyboard, entering "text" and > again clicking [B]. If you have keyboard shortcuts, then it will be > Ctrl-B text Ctrl-B, which is not easier than entering '''text''' but > involves switching between some modes (bold/not bold).
Usually, although you get out of the central keys to type it, so the effort may be similar to enter text, go to the mouse, double click the word and press B (unless it changed to instead of bold convert it to <s><nowiki>text</nowiki></s>). > Visual editor may be usable and may have cool features (for example, > inplace editing), but I'm sure there is a lot more implementation issues > and usability problems with it than with plain text. If I were MW, I > would keep being simple, but if MW want to experiment - again, PLEASE > experiment CAREFULLY... It's hard, as it needs to do a lot of things right, as opposed of receiving plain text, which is very easy. It can hardly go wrong, with any kind of device. _______________________________________________ Wikitext-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitext-l
