What about having an [edit] link near the section header, and then put the [edit source] link right aligned (in the old "edit" link place), thus:
Section Name [edit] ___________________________________________________[edit source]_
Keeps the source edit link in the same place it was before.
On Jul 25, 2013, at 11:30 PM, Erik Moeller erik@wikimedia.org wrote:
Hi design team, Trevor, James et al.,
There are a few issues with the hybrid section link editing UI deployed with VisualEditor:
Because it's a mouseover action, it doesn't translate to touch interfaces.
If you prefer to edit source, you basically have to train yourself
to target an invisible link in order to not be delayed by the animation.
- Because the animation triggers on mouseover, it can be distracting
while scrolling/reading.
In my view, we need to consider an alternative default experience soon. I've seen the current behavior commonly cited as a reason to opt out of the the VE beta.
The team rejected static [edit] [edit source] source, I think reasonably, because of too much clutter in the section headings.
My suggestion would be to take a similar approach to the mobile site: have an icon for section editing (e.g. pencil) and maybe a different one for source editing (e.g. "<>" which is commonly used to switch into source mode in RTEs).
The one other alternative is to get rid of the animation and set the behavior via preference.
I think this problem would benefit from a few more approaches being kicked around.
Cheers :) Erik -- Erik Möller VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation
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