Timeline for Opt-in alpha test for a new Stacks editor
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| Feb 3, 2021 at 15:34 | comment | added | Dan | @SebastianSimon That approach has its own implications and risks. If a post has images, submitting the post requires the images to be uploaded before saving it. That can take a while. And what if one of the uploads fails? The UX for that would be a nightmare. And that's why all sort of editors usually upload file and image almost immediately instead of waiting for the final submit. Another problem is the draft, that would also need to be reworked to handle yet-to-be-uploaded pictures. | |
| Feb 1, 2021 at 3:01 | comment | added | Sebastian Simon |
I think it’s possible with the File API to create some fake Markdown like  (or even a “reserved”, proper Imgur URL) which renders as the uploaded image, and only when hitting the Post button, the images are uploaded to Imgur. This, however, would break the workflow of copying an Imgur URL into a comment and discarding the post. Being able to delete Stack Exchange Imgur images would solve this problem and any GDPR problem in one fell swoop.
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| Jan 29, 2021 at 14:41 | comment | added | E.P. | @Dan Yeah, I realized that after posting. I guess I'll leave my big d'ough there as a warning to others ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. | |
| Jan 29, 2021 at 14:40 | comment | added | Dan | @E.P. That's how the editor behaves now, you can paste an image directly into the editor without the need to first click the add image button in the toolbar. And you get a confirmation showing you the image you pasted before uploading it to imgur | |
| Jan 28, 2021 at 12:03 | comment | added | E.P. | @animuson There's a middle to be split here. There's strong reasons why you wouldn't want to start uploading without a confirmation step. But you can still launch that confirmation dialogue directly on copy-paste/drag-drop from the text window (without needing the extra step of clicking an "add image" button). | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 20:26 | comment | added | 41686d6564 | I agree with @animuson on this. Instant upload with drag-and-drop is fine, IMO but not with Ctrl+V. One might accidentally paste something that they don't wish to have uploaded to "the web". Sure, one should be more careful when dealing with sensitive data because you can't trust what a form will do with texts/images once inserted, so it's arguably the user's fault, but still. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 19:41 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @Dan GDPR and friends are exactly why SE should have some automated process to remove images, which would then make this feature more privacy friendly. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 18:53 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | Fair point, @Dan | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 17:28 | comment | added | Dan | @Shadow I would say even if the amount of people asking for the feature is far greater, it's easier to ignore them. oops, I mean redirect them to MSE. But people asking to delete an image can be more problematic for SE staff especially if the image might contain sensitive information by mistake (GDPR and friends come to mind). I would still be against this feature request as long we can't delete uploaded images. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 17:13 | comment | added | animuson StaffMod | @Shadow This isn't requesting a feature for pasting or drag-and-drop to work in more places. It is asking for the image, once pasted, to automatically upload without any verification of the image to be uploaded (not requiring the user to click on the "Add picture" button after the paste). | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 17:00 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @animuson I can only assume the amount of people who write to you asking to add the ability to paste images is greater... and amount of people who want it and don't ask for it is much bigger. :) (the current paste works only for Chrome, and requires extra step - while not bad, people these days are spoiled) | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:51 | comment | added | animuson StaffMod | @Shadow That doesn't mean people will not still write to us demanding it be removed, which we do not do. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:43 | comment | added | Shadow Wizard | @animuson but as long as the post isn't submitted, the only way to see it is by guessing the URL, which is very very hard to do. And even if one see the uploaded image somehow, it can't be linked back to the one who uploaded it. Risk here is very mininal. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:05 | history | edited | Franck Dernoncourt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:05 | comment | added | Franck Dernoncourt | @Luuklag thanks, I'll edit the feature request accordingly | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:03 | comment | added | Luuklag | Also you no longer need to wait for the upkoad to finish, you can just continue working on your draft. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 15:48 | comment | added | animuson StaffMod | This can be rather problematic for accidental image uploads. GitHub likely provides more support for deleting images. We do not. We will only ever delete images that contain sensitive information that shouldn't be in them, meaning users who accidentally upload things because e.g. they forgot it was in their clipboard are out of luck if we just auto-upload it without verification. | |
| Jan 27, 2021 at 15:42 | history | answered | Franck Dernoncourt | CC BY-SA 4.0 |