Hoi, While testing the visual editor I changed my language in my preferences to Tamil and it insist on the Latin script for entering text.
When it does allow for other scripts I will be very happy to open the floodgates of Indic language users for you :) . I am sure that they will be more eager to test the visual editor in a timely manner. This would be a win-win situation because the visual editor seems to me to be a great usability improvement
Also, consider the use of Narayam and WebFonts on the MediaWiki wiki. This is necessary for an Indic environment and consequently testing in the Indic scripts and languages. Thanks, Gerard
On 13 December 2011 22:27, Neil Kandalgaonkar neilk@wikimedia.org wrote:
Here's the demo, where you can edit some canned texts (but not actual Wikipedia articles, yet):
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:VisualEditorSandbox
Post bugs here:
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=MediaWiki%20extensions&...
And here's the blog post, which puts it more in context.
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2011/12/13/help-test-the-first-visual-editor-devel...
This new editor was mostly written by Trevor Parscal and Inez KorczyĆski, although lots of others have contributed. I've sat a desk away from them for a few months and I have to say I'm extremely impressed with what they've put together. If you're expecting Google Docs, we're not there yet. But the basics are starting to solidify, and it's getting easier and easier to add cool features.
Hey MediaWiki developers, surely you're not going to let Trevor and Inez have *all* the fun?
-- Neil Kandalgaonkar (| neilk@wikimedia.org
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