[WikiEN-l] The New Look

[AGK]

On 13 May 2010 21:10, Carcharoth <carcharothwp at googlemail.com> wrote:
> I realise I (and others) will have to adapt, and this is all part of
> the usability drive.

I maintain that the usability drive is almost exclusively aimed at
those just discovering editing, and at new editors. It became clear
that editing Wikipedia is a very complicated process that often puts
off new editors. So by making the interface more user-friendly and
more akin to what is found on other (usually non-wiki) websites and on
offline software (notice that the edit box is more like MS
Word/OpenOffice.org Writer), we make the learning curve for new
editors less steep.

Basically, us set-in-our-ways old-timers aren't the target audience
for the Vector skin :-).

AGK