Do you need a more advanced editor as admin?

[JoelR]

One of the big discussions on the IPS client forums is the new editor and the removal of the source editor.  

One interesting suggestion is to offer 2 different editors.  A basic one for members, and a full editor with source code capability for admins.  

How often do you, as an admin, use source code? How much more of a power user are you than your members? 

[bernhara]

3 hours ago, JoelR said:

One interesting suggestion is to offer 2 different editors.  A basic one for members, and a full editor with source code capability for admins.  

This is exactly what we did, since as admin, from time to time we need to adjust some technical elements of a post (eg. the way an emended image should be displayed, ...)

3 hours ago, JoelR said:

How often do you, as an admin, use source code?

In a ideal world, it should not happen. For me it should only be used for "technical administrative" tasks (correct bad things, upgrade old content, ...).

[Square Wheels]

Some items don't embed well and I need to edit the source code.

For instance, video from an iPhone almost always embeds as a link.

That will be a disappointment if they remove the source code option.

[Como]

8 hours ago, JoelR said:

How often do you, as an admin, use source code? How much more of a power user are you than your members? 

I use it a fair bit to clean up the output.

In various copying scenarios, the background colour to the actual text is different to the div in the target post - so it acts like a highlighter of sorts at the target. I also sometimes use quote and wish to remove the quote box - source allows me to do this.

I will not be happy if source is no longer an option with v5.