Yesterday, I updated the WordPress software that runs this blog to version 2.7. I had meant to do this for some time now and I skipped some of the 2.6.* releases before, because I wanted to get a backup mechanism working first. So I finally got around to install the BackUpWordPress plugin. It is really easy to use and I did a test restore as well on my laptop.
My first impression of WordPress 2.7 “Coltrane” is really positive. The part of the site that you see as a reader, did not change at all, but the admin part has seen a thorough redesign.
- WordPress 2.7 – Dashboard
It is much more concise than the old version which wasted a lot of space with a large header. You can even move around the parts on the dashboard or disable them completely.
The post writing interface also looks cleaner than before. What I like most about this is that the text entry that is the most important part of this interface — the epicenter — is now centered on the page, while in 2.6 I had to scroll down a bit in order to see it in the middle of my screen. I would have never though how important this is, had I only looked at the page without using it. But in practice I was slightly annoyed with it whenever I wrote a post.
WordPress 2.7 - Post
