Officially announcing the new Observable

Hi, I’m searching for a couple features as well.

I have looked at the documentation collection but didn’t see any of these answers there. A major update 1 week before I start teaching with Observable is a little shock, sorry if I’m just blind-sighted by old habits. Also, I hope to be able to do everything without AI, I understand it’s integration but I hope to retain the option to work and especially teach without it.

  • For newbies, the options to start a cell with Tables or Plots was great to reduce “fear of the blank page and of javascript”, are these features still somewhere (without using the AI chat → btw, when I accidentally clicked on the chat, I found no way to exit the chat… no close button, escape or ctrl+c doesn’t work)

  • Are the minimap and find pane still accessible somewhere?

  • How can I link to a cell? Are any of the options that used to be next to the cell still available?

    Where can I access the version history of my notebook?

  • Can I still set an order for a notebook collection ?

  • Is there still a way to browse & search all notebooks in Observable? It was a great way for students to discover various styles of coding and visualizations that are close to their topics of interest

Please let me know if there is a more appropriate space for this type of feedback, and thank you!