Title: counter-intuitive
Last modified: November 11, 2019

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# counter-intuitive

 *  [dhaining](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhaining/)
 * (@dhaining)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/counter-intuitive-2/)
 * This editor is counter-intuitive and confusing to use. The amount of extra training
   required for normal users to be able to use this new feature will be staggering.
   Anyone supporting multiple WordPress clients will have many challenges adapting
   their user base to this editor. For these reasons, it should be made optional,
   and users should be allowed to remain on the Classic Editor indefinitely (no 
   EOL date!).
 * As a community, users of WordPress get unwanted, forced updates from vendors 
   all the time. Some of them result in way too much extra work in order to adapt.
   This would be one of those times. Please listen to your user base and make the
   Block editor an OPTION.
 * Thanks.
    -  This topic was modified 6 years, 8 months ago by [dhaining](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhaining/).

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 *  [Mark Uraine](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mapk/)
 * (@mapk)
 * [6 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/counter-intuitive-2/#post-12129437)
 * Thanks for your comment, [@dhaining](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dhaining/).
   I understand the concern that there is more training required for a block editor
   now. We’ve introduced more page layout options with Gutenberg rather than just
   being an editor where you type content. This has been in response to a growing
   desire and trend toward site-building software.
 * We’re definitely working hard at making it easier to use. Once a user understands
   the paradigm of blocks and how to add them to the page, usability tests show 
   they feel much more comfortable with it all.

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