Wordpress 2.5 is out, warts and all, for public consumption today. Many users are opting to wait for a burn-in period to take place before taking the plunge. Several major updates from Wordpress have had a point-release take place within days, usually to fix a security flaw.
I have installed it on the sandbox where I’m playing around with the Options theme and won’t be applying the upgrade here until I’m ready to move everything over, including the theme.
The biggest complaint from most is the redesign of the admin pages. People don’t like change. There is added functionality and a brand new layout to the admin screens. After having played with it for only a couple of days, I find myself fumbling around a bit still… but overall the new look isn’t too bad.
Many of the links I used most often are now displayed in the main admin toolbar (blue links) while the less often used links are in the grey bar at the top of the page. These are the high-level nav buttons like the dashboard. I think this design will indeed prove effective for people who spend quite a bit of time in the admin console, but will be more difficult for casual users to adopt.
I’ll be posting updates to both the Random Image Selector plugin and the Admin Links Widget in the near future to ensure compliance with the WP 2.5 code.
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1 killlashandra // Mar 31, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Interesting. I did the upgrade this morning and although it took some visual adjustment to use the admin panel I find the functionality still good. People just don’t like change.
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