Thanks for getting back to me @macmanx . It’s good to know this option may stay available long term!
I have tried to work with everything in a single block, @hardeepasrani, is this the same as “Classic” block? If so, I’m finding it impossible to use the control z undo function without losing everything I’ve done to that point. And as soon as I need to do something in another block, I can’t see how everything works together. I don’t want an editor so “simple” I have to find where I am again all the time.
However, I really like that it allowed me to change the author assignment right in the sidebar. Pretty much everything in the sidebar is wonderful. It’s how clunky the copy-paste experience is for the main articles that drives me up a wall.