"Use the visual rich editor when writing" is inaccurate

[markjaquith]

the option on Options => Writing "Use the visual rich editor when writing" is worded incorrectly... it doesn't correspond with its function. It sounds like a user preference when it is actually a global on/off switch. If the box is unchecked people can't use WYSIWYG even if their preference is set to use it. I think the following wording is better:

"Allow users to use the visual rich editor when writing"

Yes, we should either remove or reword this.

(In [3178]) Better wording, fixes #1916

New string is:
"Users should use the visual rich editor by default"

This is incorrectly worded. It suggests that turning this option off just removes the visual rich editor as a default. It does not. It eliminates all possibility of any user using the rich text editor. If checked, WYSIWYG is default, and people can turn it off if they want. If unchecked, no one can use WYSIWYG, ever.

Actually, there is a case to be made for removing the option altogether. What is the point of globally forbidding the use of the WYSIWYG editor? Frankly, it's a bit confusing to have the option in two places. You can turn it off per-user, so why not just leave it at that? If global disabling is is important, you can allow a constant to turn it off, or something... no need to waste an option on this.

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skeltoac: Screw it, remove it. That's one less option.
masquerade: +1

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Okay, my bad... the behavior on this has apparently changed. When I originally reported, it acted as a global on/off, but now it just acts as a default.

I've opened a new bug suggesting we remove the option altogether:
#2033

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