Hi Andy, Thanks for sending your thoughts, that's the kind of feedback that we need. People can either write responses in this thread, or post it on the project's talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:Community_Tech/Wikitext_editor_syntax_highlighting
We'll respond as comments come in, making bug fixes and then making a plan for changes as we see what people have to say. Thanks again. Danny On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 4:07 PM Andy Mabbett <a...@pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote: > On 3 August 2017 at 23:21, Danny Horn <dh...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > WMF's Community Tech team team is happy to announce that Wikitext Editor > > Syntax Highlighting has been released as a beta feature today on all LTR > > Wikimedia projects! > > I'm all in favour of having syntax highlighting - I teach people to > edit wikicode, and I find it helps them to learn it more quickly. > > I've been using the syntax highlighting gadget en.Wikipedia: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Remember_the_dot/Syntax_highlighter > > for some time now. I've just disabled, it, and instead enabled the new > beta feature. > > My first impression is that it is lacking in contrast - it's far > harder, now, to differentiate the various types of content. Indeed the > colour pairs used (e.g. #8800CC vs. #AAAAB3) fail WCAG web > accessibility guidelines for colour contrast. > > I realise that choice of styling colours is a "bikeshed" matter, but > contrast ratio is a quantifiable and objective accessibility issue. > > Also, because the script does not load immediately, the larger > headings cause the page to "dance" as the script kicks in. > > What plans are there to either receive and act on feedback such as > this, or to provide greater user-customisation options? > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>