Re: [WikiEN-l] So who's beta-testing the Visual Editor?

2013-05-12 Thread David Gerard 
On 13 May 2013 05:38, Steve Bennett  wrote:

> As I think I commented elsewhere, the lack of references is a deal
> breaker for me, even for testing. A couple of times already I started
> making an edit with the VE, then went to add a reference...and hard to
> start over in the "source" editor.


I've been using it for typos.


> That said, I haven't seen any bugs. It looks really, really good.


Still getting pawns show up occasionally. (Reliable way to manifest
them: edit a list.)


- d.

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Re: [WikiEN-l] So who's beta-testing the Visual Editor?

2013-05-12 Thread Steve Bennett 
On Sun, May 12, 2013 at 6:43 AM, David Gerard  wrote:
> This is all the Visual Editor edits in en:wp:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:RecentChanges&tagfilter=visualeditor
>
> It's not many. So please switch it on (you can still click "Edit
> source" to do references and templates) and give it a good kicking. A
> bug discovered now saves endless newbie pain later.

As I think I commented elsewhere, the lack of references is a deal
breaker for me, even for testing. A couple of times already I started
making an edit with the VE, then went to add a reference...and hard to
start over in the "source" editor.

That said, I haven't seen any bugs. It looks really, really good.

Steve

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