CeoXi DeSigN: AJAX saving

Today we’ve released a few enhancements to the new post editor, fixed some bugs, created a new one or two, and left a handful of things to fix later.

New Stuff

AJAX save. We’re still not saving posts automatically, but now the “Save Now” button will keep the post editor open, and Ctrl-S works as a shortcut for saving. (Internet Explorer users: use Ctrl-Shift-S to save.)
New toolbar. This toolbar looks better, loads more quickly, and has undo and redo buttons. By popular demand, the full justification button has returned. We’ve also added a strike through button and improved the color palettes.
Vertical resizing. You can now change the height of the post editor by dragging the resize handle in the lower right (near the labels field). The size is saved in a per-user, per-blog preference.

Fixed Bugs

s in Edit HTML are now better-preserved in Compose mode. This should fix most post summary hacks. If your hack uses tags, please switch to using
s.
Lists created in Compose mode can now have new items added to them after switching to Edit HTML and back.
Line breaking is no longer lost when editing a post in the old editor that was first written in the new editor.
Nested block-level elements no longer create odd blank lines.
Non-breaking spaces now consistently appear as in Edit HTML mode.

New Bugs (that we know about)

Major Remaining Bugs (that we know about)

The Font Size menu has 4 sizes instead of 5, and “normal” looks small.
Paragraph tags are lost when switching from Edit HTML to Compose.
The Blockquote button still behaves oddly, especially in Internet Explorer.
The URL an image links to cannot be changed without using Edit HTML mode.
Images inserted with this editor do not pick up border styles from the blog template.
Inserting a new link with the link dialog loses your place in the post.

Find anything else? See: How to report HTML bugs with the new post editor

Things Left To Add