User blog comment:Sarah Manley/New Editor Scheduled for Sitewide Release/@comment-1613840-20110909185333

Wow its been a busy week! First I want to start to say thank you for all of the comments, questions and requests - and a big thank you to Kirkburn for his diligence here. He alone has almost 200 comments on this post - and has spent many a late night investigating bug reports and working with our technical team to identify, fix and push updates.

The new editor skin was not something we took lightly - we spent 5 months collecting feedback, identifying edge cases and improving the experience of using the editor. As mentioned, there is still work to be done and we are not yet complete. Currently we are focused on fixing the major reported bugs, improving the design and interaction, as well as expanding the product to include more features. I will list those specific areas in a follow up comment.

We realize that this change may be difficult one for many of our active editors - having to change habits is hard. Adjusting from hitting save on the bottom to the top may feel weird at first, but with time these will become familiar to you. We appreciate the specific feedback that has been provided regarding what feels off or which areas may need further tweaks. However, what has been difficult to address here is unclear, and often aggressive, comments regarding the editor. Writing that you hate a product just because it changed is not something we can have a discussion about; providing feedback on specific areas that are troubling or frustrating does give us something we can work with. Wikia is an ever changing and growing environment - from new edits on wikis, to new members joining, and changes we make as a company to the site’s products and features that are aligned with our overall strategy. Our goal is to support this growth and to continue to inform you changes we make here.

Since we are heading into the weekend, I wanted to let you know that we will be checking in on this post, but will not be as active in responding as we have been over the past couple of days. Please feel free to leave a response below, but realize it may not receive a full response until Monday. Have a wonderful weekend and happy editing!