On 11/02/12 22:08, vitalif(a)yourcmc.ru 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.