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Date Published
Author
Patrick O'Brien
Word count
391
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

Efforts to democratize automation have led to significant improvements in the user interface for editing Liquid in Action options, making it more accessible to non-programmers. The traditional code-like appearance of Liquid templates has been replaced with placeholder pills that indicate the presence of dynamic content, reducing intimidation for users unfamiliar with coding. Additionally, a dynamic content inserter has been introduced to simplify adding new dynamic sections. The new dedicated Liquid editor popup enhances usability by providing syntax highlighting, validation, inline function references, output previews, error reporting, and keyboard shortcuts, thus eliminating the need for external documentation and trial-and-error processes. Users are encouraged to provide feedback on these changes.