We’ve rolled out a long-awaited upgrade to Micro.blog’s web text editor. You’ll see improved support for emoji on mobile, spellcheck, and dark mode, plus other fixes. If you notice any problems, please let me know.

@manton I noticed a font change in the web version. Largish, Courier. It’s not bad, especially for old eyes.

@manton Awesome. Much appreciated.

@cliffordbeshers That was actually a mistake and it should update to the other default font when it reloads… So, I guess if you like it, enjoy it until it updates. 🙂 Probably a preference for this in the future would be good.

@manton I do like the monospaced font, but don’t like how I can’t see the whole page’s text without scrolling to the right.

@manton Spellcheck!! 🙌🏻 Thank you!

@manton Hmm, good one! After posting, the post remains on screen. It would make sense to have an Edit button beside the Post button as that’s the time I most commonly spot typos etc. 😀 Maybe it’s the same for other folks too.

@Miraz Oops, fixed the text staying there for now. Interesting idea about Edit right there.

@cygnoir Should be fixed now. The monospace was actually a mistake. If the scrolling is still wrong for you, let me know which web browser. Thanks!

@manton Grammarly is now available on the web ‘new post’ window 🙌🏽

@manton still wishing for the Categories to show up by default.

@numericcitizen I hear you, but as I’ve thought about this, I keep coming back to keeping categories hidden so that the post screen doesn’t feel complicated. I think it will have to be a preference somewhere if we do it.

@manton I do not see the editor changed in any way. No spell check or grammarly. I have tried across browsers and platforms. What should I look for? Am I missing something?

@amit @manton +1 I am on Safari 15 on macOS Big Sur. I see zero change.

@purisubzi @amit The changes are a little subtle if you aren’t looking for them… The biggest change is on iOS where emoji now works. On macOS, cmd-; should work for spellcheck too. Dark Mode also looks much better.

@manton Thanks for the updates! All smooth here, and updating much faster to my blog when I post via the app. ⚡️

@manton The reply box! It’s nice and small :D … and responsive! Also on the web when I press tab it no longer makes spaces, instead it does as it should and navigates out of the editor… at least that feels closer to what it shold do but I might be wrong since I’m still a Mac baby lol

@manton Ok, thought so. I haven’t tried on iOS – but thought spellcheck on Mac didn’t need a shortcut. So must have missed that. Will try it out. Thank you!

@manton I just checked and it’s still scrolling in Safari 15.

@manton Not sure if you saw my reply from a week ago. It’s still scrolling in Safari 15.

@cygnoir Sorry, I figured that would’ve resolved… I’m not seeing that here. Do you mind emailing me a screenshot of how it looks for you? Thanks for following up!

@manton Just emailed it to help@micro.blog.