User blog comment:Kirkburn/The expanding world of the VisualEditor/@comment-13918697-20141028074944/@comment-5558012-20141031015230

"Why has Wikia chosen to hide the Source Editor?"
 * From how I see it it is this: the inexperienced editor would care less about source (the primary aim for the new visual editor - new editors) thus it's tucked away. With more experience they will see it, being to use it, and likely never use visual again.

"I prefer to work with the source screen but tweaking the way a page layout looks before saving it can only be done in visual (for example: adding an extra space between words -- source won't let you do this)."
 * I don't get what you mean. I can add five extra spaces between words without using visual. I don't remember the last time I used visual for any edit source couldn't do. If I want to confirm what the page will look like, ducking into the page preview solves everything.

Edit: Okay, I see what you mean now but still it's possible to create extra spaces without using visual.