Thread:VisualEditor/Feedback/Special characters/reply (3)


 * The most basic set é ü etc i do straight from the keyboard.
 * The more complex but oft used chars, I do from MediaWiki:Edittools (JS version of en.wp)
 * I NEVER use the Special characters drop down in WikiEditor. (I think we should do some analytics gathering on that usage there btw)
 * Since Mac OS 10.9 I use the OS version, because: It has a helpful keyboard shortcut that works OS wide now. Very nice categories, search and variants.
 * Ideally, it should have like 6 categories of chars that you might often use on that wiki and ability to lookup and add other categories to your profile.
 * Per category I would expect max 25 chars, multiline
 * I would expect a fixed positioned footer (in view, consistently accessible, but out of the way) or a dock able floating panel or something the like.
 * I would expect it to be available until dismissed. Auto disappearing is nice in theory, but dismissing after 2 secs is too quick for multiple actions and dismissing after 10 secs would probably be too 'unexpected' for users.