Make sure users know that a preview is being generated below panel

[debryc (Deborah Chang)]

@TZornG

narrow the welcome panel down to 2/3 its width to make the underlying preview pane visible.

Yes, please.

@bsilver8192

add a sentence along the lines of “Hide this panel with the button in the upper right to see the formatted preview of your post.” to the contents.

I’ll try this hack out!

@codinghorror

I don’t feel that typing words, as I am doing here, typically requires much (or any?) formatting, and people are generally comfortable typing words into boxes on the Internet these days, 30+ years in.

You are not the average user. You’re building this product and have years of experience navigating technology. We are observing what is actually happening.