That's a wrap from me!

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October 8, 2020
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I have today posted my last 'code' reply in this forum until such time as the user experience improves. As I provide a lot of revised code for other users I need to be able to edit posts to ensure I provide code solutions which are of quality and work for them. I cannot do that now as it takes far too much time, concentration and effort to continue do that. I make typo mistakes just like eveyone esle and need to put them right, especially in the event of where code is being posted.

I have no idea whose decison it was to scrap 'post editing' but it doenst work in circumstances where accuracy is a must. It may work in InDesign/Illustrator forums etc because no code is ever posted, just comments, which if contain a few errors it will not effect the overall experience of users. I would have thought that would have been obvious to those at Adobe making the decisions, but obviously not.

Hopefully someone at the wheel will see sense at some point. I see little point in posting to say 'I could help you but due to the restrictions of the forum I actually cant'. It seems Adobe dont actually want to help their users and are making it virtually impossible to participate for those contributors that want to provide guidance and advice for thsoe less experienced.

All I can do is quickly advise, like 'Use Flex or Grid' but thats not really going to be much help. Id rather be in a position where I can actually provide a working example of code or even re-write the users code so it works for them but thats not going to be possible for the forseeable future.

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Nancy OShea

Community Expert

I'm very sorry you feel that way but sadly this is falling on deaf ears. If you wish this to be seen by the concerned Adobe team, I can move this to Using the Community where it belongs.

If typos are a problem, why don't you paste code into a JS Fiddle or CodePen before replying here?

"It may work in InDesign/Illustrator forums etc because no code is ever posted..."

Untrue. Scripting is not unique to Dreamweaver. It's widely used & discussed in other product boards including Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat / PDF forms, InDesign, Bridge and more.

https://www.adobe.com/devnet/photoshop/scripting.html

https://www.adobe.com/devnet/illustrator/scripting.html

https://helpx.adobe.com/indesign/user-guide.html/indesign/using/scripting.ug.html

Nancy O'Shea— Product User & Community Expert

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osgood_Author

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Because its not hugley helpful. Sometimes the code is only a few lines long BUT even so mistakes still creep in. I've seen it in here myriads of times, by the most experienced of users, where a closing > { } or some other minor corruption has ocurred which will render the code completely useless. Shall we have 6 or 7 similar attempts to post the correct code so the thread then become an unmanagable mess and difficult to navigate?? Why am I expected to jump through hoops by going out to fiddle or codepen just to post some simple code which then can't be corrected? Perhaps Adobe would like to pay for my consultancy, I'd happily waste as much time as they like then.

There has been no reason stated other than 'abuse'. What abuse can happen or has happened? I've seen nothing and I spend copious amounts of time in this forum or did do. If a user can initially post to the forum, which may contain 'abuse' then how is de-activating the 'editing of posts' feature going to solve anything. Is this Covid related, you know it seems everyone is going a little bit crazy and common sense has evaporated.

Now onto the question of scripting in other programs. Are you trying to convince me that scripting is at the forefront of layout programs such as InDesign or Illustrator or image editing programs like Photoshop, because it isnt. You may ocassion use it but rarely, whereas its key to web-devlopment and is used almost exclusivley.

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osgood_Author

Legend

@osgood_ I have replied to your older post on this.

Your answer makes no sense, Silvia.

If someone wants to create a new post to the forum they can, be they an 'abuser' or a genuine poster. So you stop an 'abuser' editing their current post, by removing the 'edit post' option so what stops them from creating an entirely new post containing spam or adversting features, as you call it? Not that I've even seen that many in this forum and I'm here perhaps more than most.

All you are doing is making it harder for long time contributors like myself who post a lot of code centric solutions, which nearly always need to be edited because small mistakes, which can be crucial to that code working, creep in. If these are not corrected it makes those posts unusable to your forum users, which contributors like myself, are trying to provide some guidance to. I'll probably eventually stop contibuting any code solutions, other than making some general comments, which arent usually very helpful, because its becoming too tiresome.

Maybe go back and at least put that view to your seniors because its not them that spend substantial amounts of time in forums but those like myself, so we know what is required. If a post is made at the weekend then a moderator is hardly likely to see it for hours and hours. This past weekend the only contributors in this forum were myself and Nancy.

Rag and Bone

Community Expert

I sympathize.

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