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It is great that this was reassessed, I am not against change, but the new system seemed to focus on gimmicks rather than usability and even worse it broke things which already worked, it was a backward step, unless one wanted to fill a thread with emojis and as most of us on here are not twelve it is unlikely that would be a desired feature.3
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MattMattMattUK said:
it was a backward step, unless one wanted to fill a thread with emojis and as most of us on here are not twelve it is unlikely that would be a desired feature.
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MSE_Stephen said:Hi everyone
As you can see we have rolled back to our previous editor.
This will not change posts made with the new editor so there may be some inconsistencies when interacting with posts made today and yesterday.
The new editor is the one currently supported by our provider, and we did what we could to make sure it would work as expected before changing, but it's clear there have been some issues beyond what we expected.
I have one request, which is that if the new text editor is brought back at any point, it allows for html coding to be used - the two challenges I run would have been unworkable without that. The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge in particular has been running for over 15 years on MSE and has helped countless people, and everyone who does that challenge is very much hoping that it will continue to run for many years to come.4 -
MattMattMattUK said:It is great that this was reassessed, I am not against change, but the new system seemed to focus on gimmicks rather than usability and even worse it broke things which already worked, it was a backward step, unless one wanted to fill a thread with emojis and as most of us on here are not twelve it is unlikely that would be a desired feature.
I suspect 90% of posters on here are not interested in emojis and in gimmicks that might make the forum look more "with it" or attractive to "da yoof", but would rather have one that functions effectively as a way of helping people and sharing information
However, congratulations to the forum team for recognising the update was causing problems and forputting it back as it was.
Well done!8 -
Manxman_in_exile said:MattMattMattUK said:It is great that this was reassessed, I am not against change, but the new system seemed to focus on gimmicks rather than usability and even worse it broke things which already worked, it was a backward step, unless one wanted to fill a thread with emojis and as most of us on here are not twelve it is unlikely that would be a desired feature.
I suspect 90% of posters on here are not interested in emojis and in gimmicks that might make the forum look more "with it" or attractive to "da yoof", but would rather have one that functions effectively as a way of helping people and sharing information
However, congratulations to the forum team for recognising the update was causing problems and forputting it back as it was.
Well done!
I post regularly on the very long standing and hugely successful Cutting Down Alcohol thread.
The thread works like a star chart for grown ups (not twelve year olds) and we're hugely motivated by the fun emojis that accompany the lists on the thread. Both would be very difficult if the new format was introduced.
I'm so pleased that mse are having a rethink.0 -
Sorry I'm an old school developer, or was, or I am an ex old school developer (retired) but the practice of change for changes sake is nothing new, considering that Windows 3.1 was the best version of the OS and WordStar 4.0 was the best word processor, IMHO.
"If it aint broke don't fix it." What was the new text editor trying to do? What was the new functionality that was so important? As many current users of old software and systems will testify (especially in the public sector), their systems work and are usable, new systems mean new bugs, loss of functionality and usability.1
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