DISQUS

Kirsty · 1 year ago

All I can say to your rant is yes, yes, YES!
Yes - to the annoying URL changes,
Everything you hate about the changes is exactly what I hate about the changes too (although the TypePad stats have always been rubbish, so I haven't looked at them in years - those changes are no great loss).

Also, I find it times out much more easily. Previously, if my TypePad session timed-out when I hit save, the changes I had made were saved. Now it does not so I have to copy the entire post before I press save - irritating if I'm drafting a long post.

I'd suggest opening a help ticket if I thought it would actually do any good. I opened loads when I got the changes a couple of weeks ago and, although I got responses, I don't feel it really got me anywhere.

I'd switch back to the old version in an instant . As I said on my blog, this is more of a downgrade than an 'improvement'. I blog less because of the changes.

awv · 1 year ago

I've already opened a ticket simply asking if I could have the old system back but that's never going to happen. There are quite a few things in my post that could be fixed but the issues with the Compose Editor definitely won't be fixed.

I agree with your downgrade statement. What's worse - we pay for this!

Robin Capper · 1 year ago

I mostly compose in an off-line editor, BlogJet, but tried the new on-line editor. I still mostly compose in an off-line editor!

Lynne · 1 year ago

Wordpress has now moved the buttons from the right side to the bottom which has changed the way I work. I preferred everything related to the post I was writing on in the right sidebar, now have to scroll down just to pick a category, allow comments, put in tags. It's annoying.

It took me a while to figure out how to change the time stamp of a post, and don't get me started on the 'new improved' way to upload and post graphics.

KathyF · 1 year ago

You're one of the lucky ones--you only just now got the new version. I've been using it for two weeks (I was actually a beta tester, and asked to opt out after a couple of posts). It's a real nightmare. I've had two help tickets already.

At least you are comfortable using HTML editing. That seems to be the only resort for me. Text handling is next to impossible, in both Safari and Firefox. Cutting and pasting text means importing a bunch of crap formatting.

Loading photos is now a cumbersome, faulty process.

In short, blogging is no longer fun.

FishStang · 1 year ago

I blame the terrorists.

Jeff · 1 year ago

I'm new to TypePad so I'm not having to adjust to all that you refer to here. My main gripe is that it's response time varies sooo much. One day the speed is almost acceptable and the next day it's unbearably slow.