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I've been playing around with Gutenberg for the last few weeks or so, and to be honest? It's just not the right setup for a post editor. It's okay as a site bu
by CM30 8y ago
I've been playing around with Gutenberg for the last few weeks or so, and to be honest?
It's just not the right setup for a post editor. It's okay as a site builder if you put a decent amount of work into creating your own blocks and what not, and I suspect it may have a niche on very large media sites which have a bunch of overly complicated article layouts.
But for your average Joe, it's just awkward and makes posting simple posts more tedious/waste more time than it needs to be.
It also shouldn't have been merged into core already either, given the software clearly isn't ready and basic things like accessibility aren't up to par. It's also really poor timing given that many sites are getting ready for Christmas, and retailers likely won't want to have to teach their staff a whole new editor in order to add products or deals at the most lucrative time of year.
God help any agencies too. Those guys will be working round the clock to try and fix client sites broken by the new editor (or angry customers yelling at them about how they can't figure out how to write content any more).
Not a good move guys.
- CM30 8y agoOkay, I've now tested it on my main site, and I can definitely confirm that it's not a good fit for blog posts/news articles. Took me forever to post a simple 300 word article, in part because of all the random spaces it kept removing when I copied in paragraphs from my text editor. It's also way too 'big' in general; the UI is a pain to scroll past and find things in. Definitely gonna go back to the Classic Editor if the next few posts don't go better than that one.