RE: How I write RoadTest reviews

baldengineer — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 05:24:41 GMT

Nice overview of your Road Test process. I would like to add a note around your comment on the content editor from my experience here.

What I would really like is to be able to write reviews using Markdown

Regarding the editor, I draft most of my element14 content as Markdown anyway. Even though the editor doesn't understand it, it makes cleaning up the final work easier. When I move it to the content editor here, I go through the text and apply the style changes manually. When I think I'm done, I search for '#' and '[' symbols to see if I missed anything.

For proof-reading, I highly suggest a text-to-speech option. The one built-in into macOS is fantastic (I used to have it mapped to a ctrl-shift-` hotkey). On Windows, I use "Read Aloud" in Firefox and Chrome. Regardless, the option you want is the ability to highlight sections of text, so you can make changes as you go. (This is also a good way to catch any markdown you missed!)