Forum:Should we activate new editor now, or wait until it's imposed on us?

As administrators (only) can see at Special:WikiaLabs (but everyone can see at community:User blog:Sarah Manley/Try the New Wikia Editor), a new editor is winding it's way toward us. Currently in what would be called a beta form of development, this new editor will, rest assured, be forced on us by Wikia at some point. Note that this editor is enabled, even if you've chosen to disable the Rich Text Editor in your Special:Preferences. In other words, there's not a way to opt out of it, as there is with the RTE. (At least not in this beta form. There may be a way to opt out once it becomes the default editor.)

The question is, should we switch over to it now, even though it may have flaws, or should we wait until it's just dropped in our laps?

Advantages of adopting now:
 * we can have some influence upon the the final shape of the product
 * we can get used to it now, in the gap between DW seasons, and therefore be of greater use to our user base when they come back in force with the start of the second half of the season.

Disadvantages of adopting now
 * It'll have bugs. Those bugs can't be predicted.

What do we think? 17:29:54 Thu 14 Jul 2011


 * There won't be a way to disable it for normal users. You'll still be in a JS heavy "source mode".  At least, that's the way it'll be for the first release phase.  We had the RTE disabled entirely on MA.  Much easier. -- sulfur 18:28, July 14, 2011 (UTC)


 * Really? Wow, that kinda changes my mind.  So it won't be like it is now, then?  To be forced to use a JS editor would be really . . . bad.   20:51:53 Thu 14 Jul 2011

I think we should change now

 * 17:29:54 Thu 14 Jul 2011 I'll make my bias known from the start. I think we should bite the bullet and start getting to grips with it.
 * -- 17:32, July 14, 2011 (UTC) I just like the new editor.