Title: Underwhelmed
Last modified: August 24, 2018

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# Underwhelmed

 *  [rdillard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdillard/)
 * (@rdillard)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underwhelmed-2/)
 * I realize this is the ‘beta’ version for testing and feedback, but it looks more
   like an ‘alpha-2’ release. I also accept that any major change requires a learning
   curve. That said, after minor testing on a new install with the Twenty Seventeen
   theme, I’m completely underwhelmed. My first observations are:
 * 1. Too many clicks to do anything. If you’re trying to compete with drag-and-
   drop, you missed the point.
    2. I can’t figure out how to resize an embedded 
   video from a URL. They are all 350 x 150. 3. I can’t embed a video from a Facebook
   URL in a video block, but I can as a theme widget. 4. The ‘Columns’ block notes
   it’s in beta, but until basic responsive functionality works, this is not a beta
   release.
 * I’m all for making improvements for the personal bloggers on wordpress.com to
   compete with Wix, Weebly, Squarespace, or whatever drag-and-drop pagebuilder 
   you seem to want to address; however, that is a completely different user base
   than those of us who use WordPress as a development platform for more complex
   sites.
 * It appears from the other comments that the dev platform user base is quite happy
   with Visual Composer/WP Bakery, Divi, Beaver Builder, and other editing solutions
   we pay for as plugins or are included in premium themes. Disrupting this part
   of the industry to placate the blogger/cat picture posters is absurd.
 * As an old Drupal developer turned WordPress convert for the simplicity of development,
   integrations, as well as user documentation and training, I will have to rethink
   my recommendations to my clients. For now, I’ve turned off all automatic updates
   and will be watching for future updates and reviewing alternative CMS platforms.

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 *  Plugin Author [Tammie Lister](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karmatosed/)
 * (@karmatosed)
 * [7 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/underwhelmed-2/#post-10630089)
 * First, thanks for the review [@rdillard](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rdillard/).
 * I would love to learn a little more about this:
 * > can’t embed a video from a Facebook URL in a video block, but I can as a theme
   widget.
 * This feels like it could be a bug to me. Would you be able to open up an issue
   here: [https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/new](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/issues/new)?
   If not, I can for you if you can provide me a little more information.
 * It’s worth adding columns does have responsive features planned, do you have 
   any ideas yourself of what that could be? Would be great to explore what for 
   you that would need to have.

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