Whoa! New Editor is here!

[susandennis]

So while reading down my friends' list, I just commented that I had not seen the new editor. Then I clicked on post and BAM! Do you want the new editor?! Well, yes, thank you, I believe I do.  Now I've forgotten all the bells and whistles I read about. This should be interesting. (It does have a 'switch to old version' link which is nice, thank you, LJ.)

It's sure nice and clean looking. I hate the serif font but that's just me being old and set in my old ways.

The Mariners lost the game last night because they played like idiots. Kansas City played like they wanted to win. Worked fine for them. But, otherwise the evening was very lovely.  I wear the same shirt — my Hawaiian Mariners shirt to every game and now people know me by my shirt. Which is kind of fun. The lady of the couple next to me in the dining room exclaimed way too loudly "I remember you because of that very cool shirt!!"

The couple who had the seats to my left stayed only until the 6th inning. The couple who had the seats to my right didn't get there until the 7th inning so I had rather a roomy night on Row H. And the fireworks were fabulous. Nicely done and just the right amount.  Walking home is getting way easier. I have been paying close attention to getting up to stretch every couple of innings and also just taking my time on the walk.

There were a few swimmers who joined me at the pool this morning. I shared a lane for a while with an older guy. As I was leaving the gym, we shared an elevator and he asked me if I had been swimming long and I told him only about 3 or 4 years. He said he'd been swimming all his life and asked if I would mind a tip. Heck no!  He suggested that every other length, for the last 10 seconds, I swim as fast as I possibly can. And then go back to my regular speed.  I think that's a GREAT tip and I told him so. It goes into the plan tomorrow morning!

Because my Kiwi friends, Scott and Julie and I are one person too many for my Smart Car, I have rented a car for their visit. I did this last time. I used Turo which is a person to person service. This time I have a Subaru from a guy who lives up on Beacon Hill — about 5 miles from here. I'll go leave my car in his parking spot and take his car until next Saturday. Last time the car I rented was WAY to fucking big. I could barely get it into my parking spot in the garage and it was a bitch to park. This time I went for the smallest  4 door car I could find. Still, I'm sure it will be too big for me to park comfortably. oh well.

I'm set to pick up the car from him at 11. I just read  on Instagram that the fabric shop that I hate but which is in between his house and here, is have a sale today — 25% off everything. I do need felt squares for doll hair. I'm way low and they have the cheapest I can find even online ... and 25% off. Looks like I'll be stopping in there on my way back.

Scott and Julie land at 3:15. I think I'm just going to light rail it to the airport to meet them. Taking the car is just too many hassles. On the way back to town, on the train, we can decide if we all want to come here or they want to go on to the hotel or what. Loosey goosey will work fine.

And this editor isn't too bad at all. Lemme try adding a video... (And that sucker better not autoplay — please tell me if it does.)

Lemme try 'media from Instragram' — hmmm no work. Neither does 'media from Dropbox' or 'add Photo Gallery' or 'add poll'. Wonder why not. No biggie.

I need to clear up the kitchen and then check the sewing room to see if there's anything else I need that I could snare in that 25% off net.

Comments

[maju01.livejournal.com]

I saw the video, and it did not autoplay.

[rejectomorph]

I see a row of buttons at the bottom of this post on my Friends page, inviting me to link or share the post on LJ, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Tumblr, and something called Pocket. I don't see it on any other current posts, so I'm guessing it is a feature of the new editor. I'm wondering if it's opt-in, opt-out, or inevitable? It's partly redundant, as they also have buttons for LJ, Facebook, Twitter, and two Russian sites on the comment page, though the first set shows up only on my Friends page, and the second only the comment page. It's kind of odd, like they haven't decided on their final configuration yet.

[badrobot68.livejournal.com]

The comment page is super different. Also, this post is on the TOP LJ posts of the day or whatever it is, at #3. Congrats, I guess?

[susandennis]

ha! that's funny

[jocosa]

Wow, it completely changed how I normally see your posts, and comment page. And no autoplay on video, thank goodness!

[susandennis]

Interesting. Of course it depends on how you view your friend feed... Probably if you had 'view in my style' selected it would look the same as before. Maybe? I use http://susandennis.livejournal.com/feed mostly but sometimes http://susandennis.livejournal.com/friends

But yeah for sure on the no autoplay!

[jocosa]

I am viewing in my style. :) It goes totally white and blinding if I view without it, or view feed instead of friends. Wonder why the post is mostly my style, but your comment page goes huge and new style bright white when I click to read them. That's a new quirk, and seems to be just unique to you as it doesn't do that on other comment pages I view off my friend page. In the future I'll just don my sunglasses before clicking over.

[susandennis]

haha no need. I'm giving up on the new editor. It's back to normal. Experiment over!

Do, however, please let me know if you need sunglasses going forward.

[topum.livejournal.com]

The new editor is pretty awesome but the problem I had with it when I tried it was that it did not allow me to choose the quality of the photos I wanted to upload and just assigned some medium quality automatically. I asked LJ about it in their post about the new editor but they did not respond. This would be a deal breaker for me. Also quite unpleasant if they decided to save on storage by quietly removing the option to upload high quality photos for paid users. I hope I just didn't find how to do it that time I tried it quickly.

[susandennis]

Interesting and, yes, for you, particularly, photo quality is very important - I need to see your good stuff!! :)

[laura davidson (from livejournal.com)]

Innnteresting. I can't see the video in the feed on Dreamwidth, but I can see the space it would occupy - big blank patch! On your newer one that you used the old editor on afterwards, that photo does show on Dreamwidth.

New-editor post comment page (this one) is hugely white and your text is in a center column. Old-editor post is left-flush and the text area is a little wider, and the font is a little smaller and thus a lot more fits on a screen.

This page feels like a pretty punch in the face; the old page is easier to read, less visual showing-off.

It's fascinating that they've let the editor have so much of an impact on the final result of the post. I would not have expected that.

[susandennis]

Yes, exactly. I expected the editor to be a way to create content not a way to refashion the content you create as well.

Weird Weird Weird.

[opakele.livejournal.com]

Thank you for my 4th of July firework display.

That's all I need.

It didn't autoplay.

[susandennis]

:)