I like it

In order to move forward, something has to change. So I’m not looking at this as ‘a replacement for Tiny MCE’, but instead thinking: ‘If future WordPress should be built on something, what would that be’. And that answer to that question could easily be Gutenberg, in my opinion.

There are so many ‘Well what about X’. And yes… Changing the engine of a car will make at squeak and rattle in some new places, where it hasn’t before. But in order for that car to start going 200 mph instead of just 100, then that ol’ motor got to go.
And keeping both motors in there for a while, isn’t an option… It will divide the waters like Python 2.x and 3.x – and just postponing the inevitable.

I must admit, that I installed Gutenberg with a sceptic soul, due to the fuzz that has been made about it. But trying it myself was very intuitive and I really like the design and the experience.
I think it’s as if WordPress and Squarespace had a baby-editor… That is Gutenberg. So at first I thought: ‘Eeew, – WordPress is becoming Squarespace. EVERYBODY TO THE BUNKER!’. But then I thought some more about it… And if someone asked me: ‘What’s the best thing about Squarespace’, then I wouldn’t have to think about my answer: ‘The intuitive way of building up content on the website, so even my mother can do it’. So why is it so terrible that WordPress is inspired by an excellent experience somewhere else?
My ethical heart feels a bit yucky about that that excellent experience is designed and made by a competitor. But hey, – that’s just business, right?