User blog comment:Sarah Manley/Try the New Wikia Editor/@comment-1359138-20110621221052

So, I hopped over to Hunger Games Wiki, to check it out.

To be direct:
 * Notices, such as one stating: "Note: This page has been locked so that only registered users can edit it. The latest log entry is provided below for reference:" now have to be selected to be viewed. Being able to view them without selecting them isn't that big an issue, obviously, but it is a slight annoyance, especially since the previous system was simpler.
 * Additional; the notice must be removed in order to view the topmost text. And once it is gone, wow, its gone. I seem to have to start over if I want to read it.
 * Access to special characters; well, I found them eventually. Unfortunately, what matters is the "eventually" part - not incredibly helpful. I need to select "More shortcuts" every time I want to insert a special character. This is not an improvement, especially if you are trying to improve user interface.
 * Categories; well, it works, which is sort of nice I guess. The system that already is in place works to, though, and is easier to use.
 * Widescreen mode; Great, except I have don't have "easy access" to templates, categories, or anything really. What I do have access to is not arbitrarily at the top instead of the bottom. I really don't get that.
 * Ah, now I have access to all those things, I just need to expand it every time I need to. Which, if I used that system instead of just inputting it myself, would be, well, constant.
 * Removal of scroll bar; uh....okay. Doesn't really help, sorry.

"Well I'm finally used to the new skin; I don't like it and articles still squished, but at least I can edit. Oh, wait, what? They're changing the way I edit? Yeah, about that? How about No."

As someone who has spent quite a bit of time working on this or that project for a wiki or two (though you've likely spent far more time on this that I have on any of mine), put aforementioned project into effect, and - less than twenty minutes later - had fellow users or administrators revert it for minimal reasons. You've worked hard, and some of us frankly don't like your end product. It does not mean we don't like you, or think poorly of your abilities.

I realize this comment is somewhat - well, I'm lacking the right word, so I'll use "spastic", "rambling", and "strange" in that right word's place. I'm a bit rushed for time, and will try to get a more detailed response at a later point.