Timeline for Opt-in alpha test for a new Stacks editor
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| Feb 7, 2024 at 11:39 | comment | added | user152859 | @12944qwerty as all projects without actual deadline (and some even with): nope. Personally I believe this project will be cancelled, like great many others, but even if not, any estimation start with at least a full year. | |
| Mar 8, 2023 at 21:10 | history | edited | GlorfindelMod | edited tags | |
| S Jun 2, 2022 at 23:28 | history | suggested | Rick | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Added date for clarity and prosperity, by counting back from the date the original post was made. |
| Jun 2, 2022 at 19:07 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Feb 25, 2022 at 21:06 | answer | added | Nick is tired | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 25, 2022 at 21:03 | answer | added | Nick is tired | timeline score: 9 | |
| Feb 6, 2022 at 18:50 | history | edited | Random Person | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Updated screenshot |
| Dec 19, 2021 at 22:03 | comment | added | 12944qwerty | Is there an estimated time as to when it will be released to the main sites? | |
| Jul 26, 2021 at 14:24 | comment | added | Ollie | How's this coming along for the question editor? | |
| Jul 11, 2021 at 19:45 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jul 1, 2021 at 20:13 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jun 8, 2021 at 22:49 | answer | added | zcoop98 | timeline score: 7 | |
| May 24, 2021 at 11:01 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 19, 2021 at 17:29 | answer | added | zcoop98 | timeline score: 8 | |
| May 18, 2021 at 22:28 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 15, 2021 at 19:46 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 3 | |
| May 4, 2021 at 19:06 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 3, 2021 at 3:03 | answer | added | Spectric | timeline score: 5 | |
| May 3, 2021 at 2:23 | answer | added | Spectric | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 22, 2021 at 7:10 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 6 | |
| Apr 20, 2021 at 19:37 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 8 | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 1:40 | answer | added | Spectric | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 30, 2021 at 18:04 | answer | added | zcoop98 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 18:52 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Mar 16, 2021 at 18:47 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 14, 2021 at 22:09 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 13, 2021 at 15:50 | answer | added | Sabito | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 6, 2021 at 9:33 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 5, 2021 at 4:40 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 3, 2021 at 5:32 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 28, 2021 at 2:29 | answer | added | Laurel | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 27, 2021 at 0:01 | history | edited | CommunityBot | | |
| Feb 25, 2021 at 16:01 | answer | added | Arulkumar | timeline score: 3 | |
| Feb 25, 2021 at 9:05 | comment | added | FZs | @Holger I commented because I didn't understand it, but I don't want to argue, so let's leave this alone. | |
| Feb 25, 2021 at 8:59 | comment | added | Holger | @FZs it’s about the same process, beta testing for the same site owners, to which the comment was targeted. You don’t need to respond to the comment if you don’t understand it. | |
| Feb 25, 2021 at 7:41 | comment | added | Holger | @FZs did you know this site has a search function? I was referring to this event, “Retiring New Navigation (beta) in preparation for Navigation 3.0”. But, of course, it’s a good thing for this site that there are always users who are motivated to contribute, still having the big disappointment ahead of them… | |
| Feb 25, 2021 at 7:01 | comment | added | Holger | Will this end up like the new site navigation, once the testers conclude that is is working great, it gets scrapped? I’m still waiting for the “even better” new new site navigation that was the reason for scrapping the new navigation. I don’t know why, but I don’t feel motivated to test a new feature… | |
| Feb 22, 2021 at 11:05 | comment | added | John Clever | I thought "Stacks" was referring to the massive, thousands-of-pages open-source algebraic geometry reference. I am deeply saddened. | |
| Feb 20, 2021 at 22:40 | review | Suggested edits | |||
| Feb 21, 2021 at 0:27 | |||||
| Feb 18, 2021 at 16:17 | answer | added | Anita TaylorStaffMod | timeline score: 16 | |
| Feb 18, 2021 at 16:12 | answer | added | Anita TaylorStaffMod | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 17, 2021 at 20:48 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 17, 2021 at 17:59 | comment | added | Federico Navarrete | Is this going to be available in StackOverflow in the future? | |
| Feb 17, 2021 at 11:42 | comment | added | Scotty.NET | long live markdown. | |
| Feb 16, 2021 at 10:08 | comment | added | user2284570 | @Catija will this option reach area51? | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:18 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @T.J.Crowder Completely understand! I think we're trying to balance getting good testing from y'all with also not overreaching - particularly on SO, it could be more likely to make people disable it and not test at all if it's on there and they get frustrated. With simpler posts that end up here on MSE, it's not as impactful - particularly when we don't have things like Snippets built in yet. :) But we certainly appreciate the help we're getting! | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:16 | answer | added | Sebastian Simon | timeline score: 7 | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:15 | comment | added | T.J. Crowder | Thanks @Catija! FWIW I'd be able to provide dramatically better feedback if it were enabled (opt-in) on SO itself, where I'll be using it in a real context... | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 14:13 | history | edited | T.J. Crowder | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Make the TL;DR just a *bit* longer |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 13:58 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @T.J.Crowder It's not active on SO, only on MSO and MSE. :) To answer your specific question, no, there's no limit. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 13:58 | comment | added | T.J. Crowder | Are there a limited number of users allowed to use the new editor, or limited sites? I opted in well over a week ago and I still don't get the new editor when writing answers on SO... Thx. | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 10:02 | comment | added | FZs | @FilipMilovanović There's already a feature request for that, see meta.stackexchange.com/a/360058/428538 | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 9:55 | comment | added | Filip Milovanović | If you really want to test the feasibility of your dynamic, editable preview on technical sites, offer the option to have both the preview and markdown shown simultaneously side-by-side on PC, with both being editable and updating dynamically (depending on how it's implemented, this may even be fairly easy to roll out). This might create new constraints but it might also help bring out problems with the implementation. If you can make that work smoothly, though, I don't think people will have a problem with it (and you would likely be able to customize the appearance for different sites). | |
| Feb 10, 2021 at 2:12 | comment | added | user916392 | what about vim based keybindings ;) | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 23:26 | comment | added | Andrew | @Bergi part of that is from people not completely understanding what and how they can format, and finding the information out isn't the easiest thing to do on the site. It took me over a year to find out how to do <HR> in markdown (the buttons in the editor for HR and heading don't look to me what they do) and just the other day a user for 5 years thanked me because they learned how to embed block quotes (>>) from one of my questions. | |
| Feb 9, 2021 at 23:10 | answer | added | zcoop98 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 6, 2021 at 23:00 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 6, 2021 at 22:51 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 6, 2021 at 8:14 | comment | added | Jyrki_Shog9Supporter | (cont'd) I very much prefer the LaTeX way: hit Enter once = move the cursor to the beginning of the next lite, hit Enter twice = start a new paragraph. 15 years ago my last grad student complained why I didn't reply to all the questions in her e-mails. It turned out that 80 per cent of her messages were off the right margin of my e-mail reader. | |
| Feb 6, 2021 at 8:13 | comment | added | Jyrki_Shog9Supporter | @Catija CR (or CR+LF, depending on the operating system) is the character (or two) produced by hitting the Enter-key. All the people above 50 years of age (may be 45?) were raised to think that you should hit CR+LF after every 72-80 characters, when the cursor approaches the right margin. I still do. LaTeX does not care, but some e-mail systems produce weird stuff, those configured to think that Enter means a new paragraph :-). I need to do a LOT of editing to my posts on SE because I have not yet unlearned that. | |
| Feb 5, 2021 at 12:02 | answer | added | ouflak | timeline score: 5 | |
| Feb 5, 2021 at 11:09 | answer | added | user380081 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 5, 2021 at 11:06 | answer | added | user380081 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 4, 2021 at 14:10 | answer | added | FZs | timeline score: 10 | |
| Feb 4, 2021 at 13:19 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @laktak what's "CR"? | |
| Feb 4, 2021 at 10:53 | comment | added | laktak | The new editor is a lot slower for me - it sometimes does not react to CR and sometimes inserts them on its own ... very irritating. (Firefox) | |
| Feb 2, 2021 at 19:36 | comment | added | Jyrki_Shog9Supporter | Chiming in with others. This must be site specific. Killing the preview will introduce difficulties in Math.SE and other MathJax -using sites. I might manage myself, but others needing more complicated formulas and such are seriously hampered. I am also very worried about our new users who have not written thousands of pages of LaTeX like I have. They need the help of a preview pane. Typically they start with simpler pieces when the need to scroll much is not so pressing. | |
| Feb 2, 2021 at 7:46 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 17:46 | answer | added | TinkeringbellMod | timeline score: 23 | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 16:12 | comment | added | TylerH | @JRE You can easily make a checkbox ambiguous by inverting or obfuscating what it is for with the accompanying label text. Websites do that all the time. A checkbox is not any better, inherently, than a toggle. | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 12:05 | answer | added | Simona | timeline score: 11 | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 11:50 | answer | added | Simona | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 22:19 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 22:09 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 9:14 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 30, 2021 at 3:45 | answer | added | Tim Campion | timeline score: 39 | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 12:01 | comment | added | Journeyman Geek Mod | @JRE .... So post a passionate posted about why a checkbox would be better rather than having your point of view forgotten, mouldering in the comments. The whole point of this is to try to get these things sorted out | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 6:40 | comment | added | JRE | @TylerH: I know what it is. It is a UI catastrophe. Every place that uses them generally also includes some additional means to try and make clear whether left or right means the feature is activated. Look how much text was spent in describing the feature that went into describing how to turn it on and off. Notice that it also changes color to help make clear when it is on. Compare that to an unambiguous check box that needs no explanation. The sliders suck. | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 4:44 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 4 | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 1:36 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 1:25 | answer | added | Journeyman GeekMod | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 0:14 | answer | added | Travis J | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 22:54 | comment | added | TylerH | @Catija "I think having a preview at all is something we can move beyond" Please, please no. Especially if there's still bugs to work out that wreck your formatting, nixing preview should be a nonstarter. | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 22:50 | comment | added | TylerH | @JRE It's called a toggle. And don't worry, it's probably treated the same as a checkbox on the server side. | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 20:40 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @Ollie Not sure - feel free to ask about it in an answer? | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 16:01 | comment | added | JRE | @Catija Typical modern UI. An ambiguous "slide switch" in place of a clear and simple check box. | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 15:40 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 9:11 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 8:46 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 8:44 | answer | added | TinkeringbellMod | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 7:37 | comment | added | Maciej Stachowski | "Why should any text editing offer a read-only preview state in 2021?" - arguably, WYSIABNQEUWYG editors that a lot of old forums had and that universally failed at anything more complicated than bold, italic and underline are exactly what the Internet has been moving away from. | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 2:50 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 41 | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 1:48 | comment | added | Ollie | A question: Why don't spoilers, blockquotes, backticks etc., render as soon as you've finished typing the whole element in Rich mode? They did in the old editor. Is this a bug? | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 22:45 | answer | added | Cave Johnson | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 22:16 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 18:27 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 18:13 | answer | added | TinkeringbellMod | timeline score: 73 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 17:28 | answer | added | E.P. | timeline score: 292 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:32 | answer | added | Michał Lipok | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:16 | answer | added | Konrad Rudolph | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:08 | answer | added | Dan | timeline score: 15 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:04 | answer | added | Konrad Rudolph | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 15:42 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 5 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 13:51 | comment | added | Luuklag | How about you use the official sandbox post for that @ouflak | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 13:49 | comment | added | ouflak | Is there a sandbox where we can try features out? | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 11:57 | answer | added | Polygnome | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 10:20 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 9:49 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 9:33 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 24 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 9:06 | comment | added | Suma | I am glad to be able to test this. Certainly there are issues and decisions waiting there, but it looks promising to me. My favourite feature so far is the "syntax highlighting in the Markdown mode" - it makes MD editing much more robust and intuitive for me. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 9:03 | answer | added | TinkeringbellMod | timeline score: 52 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 8:51 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 14 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 8:35 | comment | added | Ham Vocke StaffMod | @Robotnik we've come full circle. If you check out StackEdit's GitHub repo you can see how they built it on Stack Overflow's previous markdown engine. Personally, I'm not worried about the name. Ultimately, it's gonna become the editor component in our Stacks design system so people can find it there if they're looking for it. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 6:56 | comment | added | Martin | On the sites which have mathjax enabled, the MathJax source will be shown in both views, right? Or does the rich text view actually show rendered MathJax? | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 5:16 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 31 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 4:52 | comment | added | Robotnik | Watch the terminology around this. Searching for "Stacks Editor" in Google comes up with StackEdit, which isn't built by Stack Exchange. (Incidentally, it seems to be a much more feature-rich markdown editor which also solves many of the problems users have shared in answers below. Play around here) | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 4:51 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 21 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 4:41 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 4:34 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 3:52 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 21 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 0:55 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @Bergi I mean... that's a possibility... but I really don't think that everyone, network-wide, who fails to perfectly format posts are all just lazy. And, honestly, it's kinda uncharitable to assume that. I'd much rather give people more options to make their post look great and honor that's at least part of the problem. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 0:52 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 0:14 | comment | added | Bergi | "in many cases, posts end up poorly formatted" - I doubt that's the fault of markdown. Many askers are just too lazy to apply formatting or grammar. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:58 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:46 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:46 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:32 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:26 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:22 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:20 | answer | added | 41686d6564 | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:16 | answer | added | Franck Dernoncourt | timeline score: 45 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:09 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 23:01 | answer | added | Ryan M | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 22:12 | answer | added | Michał Lipok | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:53 | answer | added | Rob | timeline score: 59 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:44 | answer | added | Makyen | timeline score: 330 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:43 | history | edited | This_is_NOT_a_forum | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Introduced abbr. "MD". Expanded abbr. "GH" (as it is only used once). |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:43 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 62 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:39 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 9 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:26 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:18 | comment | added | Luuklag | Yeah I'm too part of that problem @Ollie | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 21:13 | comment | added | Glorfindel Mod | @Ollie sorry, my fault. I can only upvote it once... | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:54 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:50 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 11 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:46 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:46 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:41 | comment | added | Ollie | This post is getting more answers than upvotes. Popular, you think? | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:40 | comment | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | It seems like the new editor will fix this bug. Can that please get a status-planned? | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:37 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:36 | answer | added | Sonic the Anonymous Hedgehog | timeline score: 126 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:35 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:29 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:25 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:23 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:22 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:18 | comment | added | Catija StaffMod | @Glorfindel Internal testing :P Yes, it's not actually possible to get that configuration currently. :D | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:17 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 16 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:17 | comment | added | Glorfindel Mod | Where did you make that screenshot? My Stack Overflow profile shows an option to change the Theme; my Meta Stack Overflow profile to change the Editor. Not both :) I guess it's SO, looking at the left menu. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:11 | answer | added | Rob | timeline score: 6 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:10 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 19 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 20:00 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 7 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:54 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 74 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:53 | answer | added | Luuklag | timeline score: 12 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:47 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 22 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:46 | answer | added | SpevacusStaffMod | timeline score: 10 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:45 | history | edited | CatijaStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 58 characters in body |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:39 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 54 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:38 | answer | added | Ollie | timeline score: 13 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:35 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 32 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:35 | history | edited | CatijaStaffMod | edited tags | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:33 | answer | added | GlorfindelMod | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:32 | comment | added | Ollie | I like this editor, I've been using it in SO for Teams for a while now. Tooltips are great. And thank you for giving us an option. | |
| Jan 26, 2021 at 19:26 | history | asked | CatijaStaffMod | CC BY-SA 4.0 |