Hi 
One of Vaperina’s most important elements, the editor, will soon be renewed.
The update has two main goals: modernizing the general appearance of the editor and drastically improving the mobile writing experience.
Key New Features and Changes:
1. New Layout and Structure
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Notion-like titling: The topic title is integrated into the content, resembling a document’s main title much more (and it has received a larger font size than a standard
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Toolbar in the footer: The row of formatting buttons has been moved to the bottom of the editor (this will require some getting used to in the first few days).
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Rethought category and tag selector: It’s more transparent, with fewer distracting borders, and the sense of space has become much airier.
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Wider metadata area: In Markdown editing mode, the title, category, and tags are now located in the full-width top bar above the writing and preview windows.
Markdown editor with preview
Visual editor
2. Significantly Increased Mobile Writing Surface
Based on feedback from mobile users, the biggest problem was the cramped writing window.
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Expanding editor: When writing a new topic or private message, as soon as you click into the text field, the editor slides up and covers the fields above it. This more than doubles the usable writing surface (from approx. 103px to 212px, depending on the device).
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Swipe down: A simple downward swipe gesture can hide the keyboard and collapse the field.
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Compact tags: On mobile, selected tags are hidden in the menu by default (a colored icon indicates if a tag is selected), leaving more space for the category.
Mobile visual editor
Mobile visual editor slid up, after tapping into the text field
This is currently still in beta phase, so details may change before the final release.
What do you think of the new interface at first glance? Do you think it will be more comfortable to use?