status-completed Preview mode is now available
status-planned MathJax is not yet integrated in the new preview mode, but will be included before the Stacks Editor is opened for testing on sites that include preview mode.
status-completed Preview mode is now available
status-planned MathJax is not yet integrated in the new preview mode, but will be included before the Stacks Editor is opened for testing on sites that include preview mode.
The design philosophy makes a lot of sense for a lot of sites, but several of the proposed changes (specifically, the removal of the live preview) would be a catastrophe for sites where MathJax is a common or essential part of the site experience. As a reminder, this is no less than 42 sites out of the network total of 176, i.e., 24% of the network sites.
(Also, as pointed out in the comments, there are several other essential site-specific post formatting plugins which are in an identical situation to MathJax, the clearest examples of which are chess, go, furigana and music notation.)
The design philosophy makes a lot of sense for a lot of sites, but several of the proposed changes would be a catastrophe for sites where MathJax is a common or essential part of the site experience. As a reminder, this is no less than 42 sites out of the network total of 176, i.e., 24% of the network sites.
The design philosophy makes a lot of sense for a lot of sites, but several of the proposed changes (specifically, the removal of the live preview) would be a catastrophe for sites where MathJax is a common or essential part of the site experience. As a reminder, this is no less than 42 sites out of the network total of 176, i.e., 24% of the network sites.
(Also, as pointed out in the comments, there are several other essential site-specific post formatting plugins which are in an identical situation to MathJax, the clearest examples of which are chess, go, furigana and music notation.)
and indeed it can be annoying (though, as has been pointed out, not universally). But that viewpoint is missing another vital aspect of how MathJax works on Stack Exchange, and that is the amazing and extreme convenience of having an instant preview rendered alongside the plain-text Markdown/MathJax source. In fact, the current editor is more convenient than the standard LaTeX editors, due to the speed and constancy of the preview refresh -- it refreshes as soon as anything changes, and it is only limited by the (very fast) speed of the rendering.
and indeed it can be annoying. But that viewpoint is missing another vital aspect of how MathJax works on Stack Exchange, and that is the amazing and extreme convenience of having an instant preview rendered alongside the plain-text Markdown/MathJax source. In fact, the current editor is more convenient than the standard LaTeX editors, due to the speed and constancy of the preview refresh -- it refreshes as soon as anything changes, and it is only limited by the (very fast) speed of the rendering.
and indeed it can be annoying (though, as has been pointed out, not universally). But that viewpoint is missing another vital aspect of how MathJax works on Stack Exchange, and that is the amazing and extreme convenience of having an instant preview rendered alongside the plain-text Markdown/MathJax source. In fact, the current editor is more convenient than the standard LaTeX editors, due to the speed and constancy of the preview refresh -- it refreshes as soon as anything changes, and it is only limited by the (very fast) speed of the rendering.