Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Special characters/reply (11)

Thank you for inviting me here. Indeed the tool "special characters" is very important. I am very content, how it works with the conventional source editor (as I admire wikipedia technology in general, just to let you know that criticism here is on a very high level), but the tool in the beta editor, as it is now, is useless for me.

1) The box should not be fixed within the text (better with the toolbar), otherwise I have to open and to close it again. I just opened it and then the box was hiding the word, which I wanted to correct.

2) The design is nice, but it has not the characters I need (even for IPA this is not enough, not even for the vowels, and where are the consonants and semivowels?).

3) If I tell you precisely which characters I need, you will never satisfy the users. Users should choose between different languages, let's say between Cyrillic or even Glagolitic for those who work with Slavic sources, and polytonic Greek, or phonetic alphabet. The current choice for everybody is not useful, because the Latin alphabet does not often need diacritics. You need some for Spanish, others for Slavic languages who do not longer use Cyrillic (Polish needs ł,Ł,ą,ę,ó,ś,ń,ź,ć, and ż; Czech Š,š,Č,č,Ž,ž etc.), while other would like transcribe the Arabic or Persian alphabet. I advice to compose certain choices which are adapt to different user profiles. Please don't hesitate to ask questions.