[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #12423: Include default code editor

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#12423: Include default code editor
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 Reporter:  scribu           |       Owner:  afercia
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  4.8
Component:  Editor           |     Version:  3.0
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  close            |     Focuses:  accessibility
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Comment (by jnylen0):

 Replying to [comment:111 afercia]:
 > Replying to [comment:109 jnylen0]:
 > > This part of the argument against a better code editor does not make
 sense to me. If this is our policy on new features, first of all I think
 it's not a good one, and second I'd like to see it officially discussed
 and documented
 > It is: https://wordpress.org/about/philosophy/#clean and since a few
 years. Sometimes called "the 80/20 rule".

 My other questions from comment:109 still stand, then:

 What was the discussion that led to this guideline?  I agree with the rest
 of that paragraph, but why is "80% of users should use this" specifically
 considered a good idea?  It seems contrary to the way software development
 actually works in practice.

 Has it been followed for other features?  It would be an interesting
 exercise to look through major features merged in the past ~2 years and
 try to determine (1) whether such data was collected beforehand and (2)
 whether 80% of people actually use the feature.  I suspect the answer is
 often no to both of those questions.  In which case, according to the
 language of that guideline, we've "blown it" repeatedly, which suggests to
 me that there is a problem with the guideline.

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