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Shoving Gutenberg in the faces of people shows a worrying disconnect between automattic and users of Wordpress. Gutenberg is not only bad; it is designed for wr
by bzb6 6y ago
Shoving Gutenberg in the faces of people shows a worrying disconnect between automattic and users of Wordpress. Gutenberg is not only bad; it is designed for writers of blogs yet most people who use wordpress do not use it as a blog.
- pidg 6y agoI think that's a little unfair. Gutenberg has some annoyances/quirks, but if you're starting from scratch and using a modern theme it's not bad by any stretch. Having been in the position of rebuilding two sites from scratch (one personal, one commercial), they are miles easier to edit and maintain with Gutenberg than they were with 'classic' + a third-party page builder.
- pier25 6y agoGutenberg definitely has major annoyances. For example the way it handles a list block. You can't just make a single bullet point a paragraph. All the list block has to be converted to paragraph blocks, and then re convert the paragraphs to list items.
- josefresco 6y agoMany of the third party page builders are very mature, and powerful - I use them every day. Yes, some are terrible, or haven't been maintained but others are exceptional and make Gutenberg look simple (edited: I originally wrote "joke" but that was too harsh). The biggest pain I have with page builders are related to licensing as most are "bundled" with premium themes, and most clients don't understand that a premium theme isn't a one-time purchase, but is instead an annual service (to enable updates) Typically, the client has to either re-purchase the theme (with the newest versions), or purchase a stand-alone license for the page builder.
- russian_bot 6y agoWordPress really simply exists as a subsidiary of Automattic, nothing more, nothing less. It's very obvious once you begin to dabble in the WordPress ecosystem.