Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Why are text styles hidden in a drop down?/reply (3)

"Are there metrics being tracked that show what interface elements are used the most when editing wiki content?"

We did a review of typical MediaWiki content edits (across Wikipedias, Wikimedia's non-Wikipedia wikis, Wikia wikis, MediaWiki.org, and couple of others), looking especially at the frequency of use of the bold/italics tools against others. We made a judgement call that when we had them in the toolbar they were unnecessarily prominent compared to their use, and were crowding out other parts of the toolbar (like links) which are much more frequently used.

"Is my situation 'weird' in that my wiki editors do use the menu and apply text styles frequently?"

Certainly, it's quite different from our research, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. :-)

"Is this VE design decision to dissuade editors from mucking with text styles?"

Yes.

"#1 is not being able to edit tables. :)"

Working on it. :-)