Article editing

• 

  ecosynth · Member · Dec 12, 2017 at 10:00 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Just putting images and text somewhere I want to. The image icon don’t respond sometimes, we don’t see where is the cursor, this editor is a living hell.
  Please change it or delete it, it’s unusable.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

• 

  supernovia · Staff · Dec 13, 2017 at 9:05 pm

  • Copy link

  @ecosynth can you confirm which editor you’re using? Are you using wordpress.com/post, for example, or wp-admin? Or are you using an app, and if so which one? If you are using a a browser, do you have this problem in all browsers or just one? Let us know and we’ll go from there.

• 

  ecosynth · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 2:08 pm

  • Copy link

  Thanks.
  Editor: the wordpress editor.

  Globally it’s a problem of software and design choices. The old one was more practical. this new one is trying so hard to be clear that its finish to be too vague.
  Example: the content area is not surrounded by frame, making not clear where we supposed to enter the information. We know that’s under the dashbar but it lacks the feeling of solidity.
  An example when to be hype, designers make choices for the look before for the handling. An editor is a TOOL needed for a specific job. It’s not a graphic interface only ther to be pretty. And beside that, if there’s a preview panel, it’s to show the result. No need for an editor faking it.

  Under Firefox 57.03 mostly. Seems to work better under Chromium.

• 

  supernovia · Staff · Dec 29, 2017 at 5:00 pm

  • Copy link

  the wordpress editor

  There are multiple valid WordPress editors as I’d mentioned (/post, wp-admin’s editor, app editors, and so on.)

  I’m assuming you’re talking about the /post editor, but the preview there really does show the site in different contexts (desktop, tablet, phone, social, etc.) so I’m a bit confused still. Can you confirm which WordPress editor you are using?

• 

  ecosynth · Member · Dec 29, 2017 at 6:21 pm

  • Copy link

  https://wordpress.com/post/

• 

  supernovia · Staff · Dec 29, 2017 at 9:28 pm

  • Copy link

  Thanks. We definitely want to take care of the bugs you’re running into, so any information you can send on that is helpful.

  The preview there should show exactly how the post will look in different formats. If you aren’t seeing that can you let us know specifically what you’re seeing instead?

  Re: the design, thank you for the feedback. I can assure this wasn’t a matter of simple graphic design preferences. You can read some of the history and thought processes on the matter here:
  https://github.com/Automattic/wp-calypso/pull/11536

  Also note that Gutenberg editor is on its way. You might not like it at first either, as it’s in its early stages, but it may help with putting things where you want them to go.