Unfortunately itâs not good for mobile / touch device users, of which we have a large percentage, so not a good default.
I would strongly encourage everyone to use the âSimple Post Editorâ for everything except posts and reviews that need very complex formatting.
And sorry I didnât answer your previous post yet about selecting the default editor in the user preferences. Iâve researched it extensively, and there is definitely not an easy or straightforward way to do that.
Added user account settings for âUse the Advanced Post Editor for new threadsâ and âUse the Advanced Post Editor in existing threadsâ. This preference is served by a janky Javascript call, so please let me know if you run into any oddities.
As mentioned previously, I would strongly recommend using the Simple Post Editor for everything except highly complex posts that need a lot of formatting, so this option to use the Advanced Post Editor by default is not recommended.
Btw, I set my preferences to use the Advanced Post Editor, But when I quoted your post my reply switched to the Simple Post Editor. :-((
I suspect that if the quoted post was generated with the Simple Editor, it switches to it, Or?
Best Regards,
George
Edit:
Tested again, & now it uses the Advanced Editor, but the quoted post is mangled.
Right, thereâs no way to guarantee formatting between posts created in a different editor, which is why all users are strongly encouraged to use the Simple Post Editor by default.
Here at BLF we take great pride at leading the vanguard of technological innovations such as HyperText, HyperText Markup Language, and the HyperText Transfer Protocol.
Whatever works. Itâs not like we have some World Wide Consortium working to filter the âBovine Scatology On Railsâ out of our browsersâŠ
Next thing you know, youâll be making us use such arcane concepts as âgrammarâ⊠âvocabularyâ⊠even âspellingâ fer gosh shakes!! the nerve of some people!
(PS: That was a back-handed âattaboyâ in case my vocabulary, grammar and syntax didnât convey the proper message!)
Well I see there will be no more argument over whether or not someone edited their posts. I just revisited my post about the Convoy metal switch and noticed that instead of saying âthe switch used onâ I had typed âthe switch sued onâ. I hate typos particularly in an OP so I fixed it. Now at the bottom of my OP there is a big finger pointing at me at the bottom of my post⊠Not sure how I feel about that.
Edited by: J-Dub74 on 03/09/2016 - 10:28
Now I feel I should go back and add a note about why I edited it. I always do that where the situation merits an explanation but changing âsuedâ to âusedâ does not qualify in my book. Just wondering what others think of this. I on a regular basis will edit out typos noticed within minutes of my posts. If it changes the message in any way I add the reason but I liked having that at my discretion. Just my two bits.