User blog comment:Sarah Manley/New Editor Scheduled for Sitewide Release/@comment-1091639-20110909143354

After a few days of using the new editor layout, I've compiled a list the bugs and drawbacks it has in my opinion. So, if you're out of bugs to fix - here's a few ideas ;) :


 * I'd like to have access to the navigation menu, because I often require to visit other articles while editing.
 * I'd like the layout to remember which mode (Visual/Source) I was last in. As I recall this was supposed to be added.
 * Lack of Javascript in preview mode makes the preview unreliable.
 * Color theme is fixed, would be nice if it derived colors from Theme Designer or even better - Wikia.css (Same goes for Admin Dashboard btw).
 * When undoing edits, the editor doesn't load the custom colors for deleted and added lines (td.diff-addedline and td.diff-deletedline CSS classes).
 * The warning before closing window/tab can be useful for some and annoying for others, like me. Making it optional would be a relief.
 * I'd like the notifications to disappear after I click anywhere, not just on the text area.
 * Lack of autocomplete in the edit summary box makes some tasks take much more time.
 * MediaWiki:Newarticletext isn't visible enough.
 * The font size in source mode - 13.5px -looks worse than the good, old 13px.
 * I was hoping that in addition to the new layout, some RTE bugs would get fixed. Unfortunately the RTE still works as it used to, breaking some pages.

Other than these, I consider the new layout an improvement over the last layout with RTE enabled, although not an improvement over plain source mode, which I still believe to be the 'cleanest', simplest and bug-free editor.