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We Need Medium's Editor, Not Medium
- nickjj 10y agoA Medium'ish open source editor does exist at https://github.com/yabwe/medium-editor https://github.com/yabwe/medium-editor. Almost 10k stars too. You can demo it here: https://yabwe.github.io/medium-editor/demo.html https://yabwe.github.io/medium-editor/demo.html
- danielrm26 10y agoWonder if it does Wordpress integration.
- joshmn 10y agoWouldn't be terribly difficult to swap out one for the other. Getting the UI/UX right would be something else, though.
- blcArmadillo 10y agoIt would be nice if some graphical examples (maybe gifs) of the Medium editor were provided. As someone who hasn't published on Medium I'm not familiar with its user experience. Googling didn't really turn up any results other than the open source clone pointed out by nickjj.
- nickjj 10y agoI updated the reply to include a link to a fully working demo.
- blcArmadillo 10y agoGreat, thanks! I also found this video on the about page of Medium to include an example: https://about.medium.com/ https://about.medium.com/.
- djmashko2 10y agoCouldn't disagree more. If I could easily edit somewhere else and paste into Medium I would. For me, the main value in Medium is the follower model, easy distribution, and great UX for reading articles.
- macscam 10y agoIt's funny because I feel kind of the opposite. If I post something on Medium it's because I feel the name has some gravitas associated with it and I want to take advantage of that. But their editor is pretty primitive, if you ask me. It's got a sleek design, but from what I've gathered is missing a lot of important functionality. Most specifically, there isn't a good way to do code blocks or an ACE editor or anything like that.