Board Thread:Darwin/@comment-168424-20140128012029/@comment-126761-20140131190921

We've certainly noted it as a concern, and some tweaks are coming in that area - such as performance improvements, toolbar tweaks and keyboard shortcuts. We haven't got specific plans to make it a top-level item currently, but the VisualEditor's design is not set in stone (so far the primary work has generally been on the editor core and Wikia integration).