by Jez H.
>> on the desktop it tempts and invites me do stufflikethis which...
You can create equally ridiculous examples in Word, Powerpoint, Wordpress, Mahara, Xerte, any of the tools we commonly use.
Very few (if any) of our staff or students are beguiled into making themselves look ridiculous merely by the presence of a few formatting buttons, which they have already become accustomed to in other apps.
If you want consistency you need templates, examples, guidelines that can be used across all applications, that way your PDF, video and other content all "fits" together.
... in my opinion
Sure the text editor could be improved, everything can, but I don't see it as big issue.