On Fri, Jul 26, 2013 at 12:29 AM, Pau Giner pginer@wikimedia.org wrote:
Another option could be to use a "split button" or something along those lines where the user has access to the primary action but a clue is provided on how to get additional ones:
This will make the clickable area for the source editor tiny, which doesn't seem good.
On Fri, 26 Jul 2013 21:35:55 +0200, Steven Walling swalling@wikimedia.org wrote:
I think this split button approach by Pau is a very good compromise between simplicity, choice, and avoiding the animation in the current interaction that seems to be annoying people.
Showing both links all the time is a non-starter IMO, because the additional clutter for all users (including readers) is not worth the small gain in speed for the minority who will want to use the edit source link all the time.
The animation is annoying because it obscured the "edit source" link; Pau's proposal does that as well.
How many times have you clicked on either of these links recently? I don't mean to berate you personally, but you made four edits on your volunteer account on en.wp last week, and I really think that opinion of active editors bears more weight here, even if they are not professional designers :)
(I primarily edit on pl.wp, if anybody wants to compare my stats here ;) )