Thread:Extension talk:InlineEditor/Is there any reason why we shouldn't install this extension?/reply (4)

Hey Jan Paul,

Thank you for your fuller explanation above! Actually your answer reads more like a "best case scenario" response than "not completely satisfying": InlineEditor is potentially useful now (albeit with certain significant limitations). The extension is not likely to blow up the wiki, can be customized to impose restrictions beyond the namespace restrictions already built in, etc.

Your point about the seriousness to which WMF is taking regarding visual editors, and the tight development schedule the organization has committed to, is well taken. Logically it is reasonable to just wait and see where that development goes. That said, one of the features you point out in your thesis is about how experienced wiki editors can benefit from using this extension--keeping the visual representation of the page intact even while editing that page, etc. How true this is for us older wiki geeks who are feeble and half-blind! :-)

If you don't mind, I'll try to put together a small "best practices" list for using InlineEditor in its current state of development (experimental) for sysops who're willing to throw caution out the window and use it anyway, then see what input you might have regarding what I've come up with.

Thanks!