Nice photos.
As for testing the new interface, I'll get to that shortly. I'm pleased to see that the Ecency team keeps updating the platform frequently and strives to add features that make it more convenient to use and publish.
Use the tools, not markdown! I think it is easy to use. Remember this is alpha and more changes will be coming!
It's true that there's no way to enter a low-level RAW version of the post editor to use Markdown or HTML code, I noticed that.
I also noticed that my old two-column post template doesn't display correctly, but it seems that it's still possible to post with that template. I still have to try a few things to see how it works.
Now that I think about it, since the template I mentioned is made with HTML and worked with the old post editor, the current situation must be related to my use of HTML tags in the post.