I was thinking I ought to blog about the new WordPress blog editor because I have been using it for over a month now on a blog I am curating for a group I belong to. The template automatically came up with the new editor and threw me off track into a new learning curve and I have since been able to access the old editor when I need to. The blue colour of the new editor is pleasant and easy in the eye. It would suit tablet and phone blogging and be an improvement over what was previously offered by WordPress for mobile blogging. It would be easier for a lot of people to use but because it operates on progressive disclosure it would be easy to overlook how you customise blogs, change categories, annotate pictures and some other basic things. The pictures on the new editor shift around if you click to annotate them so you have to learn to annotate first and then place. On the old editor it is all done on one screen. The old editor has a dashboard which gives you blog information about comments, posts, stats , events and news. It is a very comprehensive and important overview which is missing in the new blog editor. The appearance option in the old editor also helps you to customise the blog better and there is a separate menu item for the categories which are important if you want your posts to reach the right areas.
On the new blog I am running I use the new editor most of the time and have little difficulty with it now because I know how to use it and where to find things. It is a very clean and clear interface. On this blog I can switch between the old and new editors on the click of a button and that is very handy. Old habits die hard. I have used the older editor for a long time and see it as more functional. There will be people who are accustomed to the new editor and would maybe be hunting around for things on the old editor. I like the ability to be able to use both according to my needs. That’s technology done right.
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