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# Trying out Typed
- URL: https://onemanandhisblog.com/2015/05/tyring-out-typed/
- Published: 2015-05-15T09:47:58.000Z
- Updated: 2018-03-02T15:39:17.000Z
- Author: Adam Tinworth
- Tags: beta, blog platforms, Blogging, typed

So, *another* new blog platform.

For years it felt like we'd narrowed things down to a handful of established blogging platforms, and innovation had slowed to a (relative) trickle.

Now, all of a sudden, we have new blog platforms coming think and fast. Most recently there was [Ghost](http://www.ghost.org/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com) – and now [Typed](http://www.typed.com/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com).

I'll say one thing – Typed is *simple*. It's literally just a form on a page with a few options around it. There's very little here to distract you in any way from writing:

![Typed Entry screen](https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2018/03/7e692a45-ca9c-486f-b3d6-4af066f12a07.jpg?resize=636%2C292&ssl=1 "7e692a45-ca9c-486f-b3d6-4af066f12a07.jpg")

Interesting – I've just discovered that you have to upload the images into the image well to the right, before you can add them to a post:

![Typed Image well](https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2018/03/2a2dbde8-d310-4a5d-a58f-29630efb8f35.png?resize=289%2C183&ssl=1 "2a2dbde8-d310-4a5d-a58f-29630efb8f35.png")

No preview option right now – so I can't get a sense of how this will look when I publish. And that's something [I enjoy about Ghost](http://www.coffeeandcomplexity.com/writing-in-ghost/?ref=onemanandhisblog.com). But right now, Typed is looking pretty easy and non-distracting to use – as long as you understand Markdown.

A promising start to the Beta.

## Update

I've just been informed that Typed *does* have a preview mode – you just have to save your post as a draft first to see it:

![Typed preview option](https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2018/03/b26e3b64-52e1-4dbe-be3b-008a0782f634.jpg?resize=796%2C173&ssl=1 "b26e3b64-52e1-4dbe-be3b-008a0782f634.jpg")

It's not particularly intuitive – and forces an extra step on me. I'd really like to see that link there from early in the post creation process – maybe the first time the post auto-saves. Uh, assuming they do auto-save…

*This post first appeared on my dead Typed blog, which died when the platform did. I’ve transferred it here for archival reasons.*