Just saw a new post on Everything TypePad that the compose screen is being upgraded on all TypePad blogs. But don't expect it to be live yet. They are rolling the upgrade out over the next few weeks. For example, this blog does not have the upgrade yet.
From all accounts, you will have more control over how you compose your posts. There will be more options for formating your text and photo alignment as well as the font. One of the best new features will be the ability to set you links to open in a new window rather than driving your readers away from your blog. If you've been coding links manually, that's all over now. Thank goodness.
The list of new compose features is quite extensive so rather than repeating them here, check out the FAQ for the new editor. I will be quite pleased when this upgrade is activated on my account!
I saw the notice in their newsletter after noting that the compose page was a little different than it had. Haven't had time to really look into it, but I like where they're going.
Posted by: Kurt Scholle | Wednesday, May 21, 2008 at 08:24 AM
Be careful what you wish for. I have it on mine and it is riddled with bugs. Do a few Google searches and you will find a lot of unhappy TypePad users. Here's hoping they can get it back on track, because I am seriously considering bailing on Typepad, and I have loved them up to this point.
Posted by: Dave Wilcox | Monday, May 26, 2008 at 08:38 PM
I beta tested this, and it was so awful I asked to opt out after only a few posts. Now I can no longer edit those posts--they don't even show up in my list of posts.
I've had the new version from the beginning of its release, and from what I can tell, it's only gotten worse. I'd give anything to have the old version back.
Posted by: KathyF | Wednesday, June 04, 2008 at 03:31 PM
Great info...
Really loved it...
But i beleive old version is better.
Posted by: Kris N | Tuesday, June 29, 2010 at 05:08 PM