What I Want To Change About CS 2.1
I've finished the upgrade to Community Server 2.1 and had it running stably for a couple of weeks now. I've had a chance to use it in anger instead of just dicking around on my local machine checking out the new stuff.
And I've compiled my list of what sucks :)
With the upgrade a few things have changed. Probably the one that affects me most is the changes to the composition page where you write new blog posts (I've never really liked using a smart client, although I admit I haven't given the Live Writer a burl yet). Most of the changes have been for the good, but there's a few things (in enough number in different places) that irritate me enough to whip out the source code again and create some custom mods.
So here's what I want to get done as spare time permits.
- CS now has a neat feature where the tabs considered 'Advanced Options' are hidden by default. This is great except that it includes the date and time of the post you're writing. I often take over an hour to write any given post, so I almost always want to update the time stamp. Move that control to the main typing window.
- The new editor (TinyMCE I think) is fine, but it's lacking a couple of things. The hyperlink editor is a popup window rather than a dialog, so on a slow link it takes forever to load. Try to change it back to a dialog as it was for FTB.
- There's no color controls on the text editor. My wife has complained that she can't make pink text without editing the html. :)
- I'm fairly happy with the skin I've chosen for my blog (although I need to redo the banner image a little to stop it being so grainy on my guys) - but it's fixed width, which would be fine if it was wider :) So I need to open it up a bit.
You know, I realise now that it's not really that long a list (although I'm sure my wife will come in with a few more she wants me to do), but it's enough. It's the little things that detract from the experience. Each of those things is tiny in it's own right, but added together it can slow you right down.
So sometime soon when I get the time, that's my list of things to tick off. Hopefully it won't be too hard :)