Comments on: Performancing slams WordPress over v2.5

By: Geoff Arnold

Geoff Arnold — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 07:44:30 +0000

I've been using WP for years, and I hate the new admin interface. See my posting rant here. Add to this the fact that so many features and plugins broke - no scriptlet, no iPhone admin, widgets completely horked - and I'm a very unhappy camper. Geoff Arnold's last blog post: Blaming one's tools

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 07:34:06 +0000

Heh! And thats why i stick around, always about the compliments from the laydee’s.

By: Nicki

Nicki — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:52:52 +0000

Now you see why I keep Ben around, he’s handy! (and he’s cute and has a kick ass British accent that’s sexy as hell)

re: Bad Behavior – you know, I turned it off and haven’t noticed a bit of difference in the spam. Akismet is catching everything, so I’m content to leave it off.

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:48:46 +0000

Okay, Ben's link to the Fluency admin theme just might make the difference for me. I really like that! Thanks, Ben! Beth's last blog post: Tax Day? No! It's Buy a Gun Day!

By: Beth

Beth — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:44:00 +0000

I still haven’t upgraded, but that’s just me being stubborn. I may even wait for 2.5.1, which I know will happen sooner than I’d like otherwise if for no other reason than to REALLY fix the image uploader problem (which I still don’t completely understand, but I don’t want to).

I’m mostly waiting for ALL my plugins to be upgraded, because I know some of them won’t work with 2.5. Bad Behavior was what kept me from upgrading until last week, but now I’m sorta like…eh, no big rush. Not yet, anyway. I’m not anti-change, but I really don’t like the new dashboard, from what I’ve played with on my testing d/b. I know I’ll get used to it, but I still don’t see how it’s a big improvement. Drop-down tabs would make all the difference to me, and the plugin that exists for that purpose is just full of fail. ??:

Beth’s last blog post: Tax Day? No! It’s Buy a Gun Day!

By: Rick

Rick — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:13:16 +0000

Yeah, I think this is being nit-picky. There's always something we might not like about a major software improvement, but for the most part I think WordPress got 2.5 right. It certainly seems that they were listening to the people who are actually using it. The quibbling over the 2.5 version designation is a little overboard, also. We shouldn't lose sight of the fact that WordPress, as an open-source software, is vastly superior to anything else out there. Rick's last blog post: links for 2008-04-15

By: Jo

Jo — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 10:17:57 +0000

I found out how to edit the comment: clicking on the author. I sometimes edit my own comments to something to correct spelling, or put a note on someone else's comment that I edited because it violated my comment policy in part. Jo's last blog post: H.U.R.L.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 09:01:12 +0000

I like it! The admin interface alone is an improvement.

Although this plugin makes the admin interface even better. http://deanjrobinson.com/projects/fluency-admin/

By: Nice Deb

Nice Deb — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 04:32:38 +0000

I like it. I was a little surprised, and offput at first, but quickly got used to it. I just go wit da flow. -Deb Nice Deb's last blog post: Pope Benedict XVI: Just A-Clingin?

By: Nicki

Nicki — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:41:44 +0000

Hiya Jo!

Another thing I like, the built-in Gravatar support. Look at you and your pretty mug.

re: edit comments – I rarely used that function, but from what I can tell, it’s still the same … just click over the little conversation bubble next to Status.

By: Jo

Jo — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 23:23:07 +0000

The one thing I found today I couldn't do was edit a comment from the manage screen. I dont like where the stuff on the right side of the Write screen went, but for the most part I like it! Jo's last blog post: H.U.R.L.

By: Andre

Andre — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 21:44:06 +0000

I consider myself a power user of WordPress (personal site under reconstruction as we "speak") and WordPress MU (The Terminal) and I'm enjoying the changes that have been made to the interface. I think it's actually easier to use than the previous version and provides all of the information that I need in one simple resource. If WordPress.com is any indicator of the changes in store for it, I'm looking forward to that as well, as the ability to use tags to move from blog to blog alone is a marked improvement for admins. He's definitely overreacting on this one... Andre's last blog post: Is Birmingham ready to host a WordCamp?