[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience

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#27159: Removing TinyMCE buttons to improve user experience
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 Reporter:  hugobaeta    |       Owner:  hugobaeta
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.7
Component:  TinyMCE      |     Version:  3.8
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:               |     Focuses:  ui, administration
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Comment (by celloexpressions):

 The discoverability of the kitchen sink definitely needs improvement, but
 I don't think that changes here necessitate exploring that first. The
 question in this ticket is whether users should be able to easily generate
 unsemantic markup, which will in turn impact the experience of their
 visitors and their ability to have a good experience across different
 themes.

 To encourage the most semantic markup possible, the format select should
 be the top-left, first option in the editor's buttons. Buttons that are
 semantically meaningless should be given lower priority and, within the
 current context of the kitchen sink, hidden by default. These buttons
 should also be removed if at all possible.

 Testing doesn't make sense in terms of determining which buttons need to
 be used. Stats could help, but are difficult to interpret without context
 on how/why certain buttons are being used. We can't ask users testing to
 write something with formatting  in the editor, because what we ask for
 would have a direct impact on which buttons they use.

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Ticket URL: <https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/27159#comment:106>
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