Autosave and Post Locking Update 2/2

A quick update on status!

Earlier this week, the initial run at the Heartbeat APIAPI An API or Application Programming Interface is a software intermediary that allows programs to interact with each other and share data in limited, clearly defined ways. went in. @azaozz is continuing to work on it, and flesh out the API further ( #23216 ).

Tonight, the initial post lock view for the post listing was committed [23355] along with a temporary icon:
new_lock

I took a look over an older version of the NYT pluginPlugin A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. WordPress plugins are written in the PHP programming language and integrate seamlessly with WordPress. These can be free in the WordPress.org Plugin Directory https://wordpress.org/plugins/ or can be cost-based plugin from a third-party kindly contributed on #18515.
For discussion, I’m including a few examples of the UIUI User interface/UXUX User experience from the workflow included in it below.
We don’t necessarily think everything here is a good idea for coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. (for instance, the “get me out” buttons wouldn’t be necessary), and will likely go a different route for UI, but hoping to get a bit of discussion going regarding the UI/UX flow for the project.

Lock table:
nyt_lock

Lock table user mouseover:
nyt_lock_notice

Popup for lock within Post Editor:
nyt_lock_popup

#3-6, #autosave-and-post-locking