So, I've finally gotten the new editor up on Tabulas!
You can access it at http://tabulas.com/cp/editor/
Features? Well, it's simplified significantly for the writing experience. The hope is that it encourages more long-form entry writing.
The editor box autoscales to the height of your content, so it reduces the "double scrollbar" problem that's on the current editor.
It also features a drag-and-drop image uploader (and a multi-select image uploader) which should make sharing images much, much easier.
And best - autosave. It will autosave whatever you're writing into drafts so you don't have to worry about explicitly saving! I do need to do some more work to prevent accidental loss (for example, if you load a draft, then start writing a new entry in the same box, it will wipe away the old draft), but it's a great start.
For example, here is a photo of me at Oktoberfest:
And here I am at Max's wedding:
(Sometimes the editor has problems with problems with the heights when images are there - a bug I'll surely nail down).
I'm not requiring this as the default, but I would highly suggest you play with it and help me work out any issues with it - it will become the default soon enough!
And here is a partial screenshot of me authoring this page: