WordPress 2.6.1
I just upgraded to the newest version of wordpress and it is pretty nice. The whole point of this post is to see the new features…
One thing that immediately caught my eye was it updated my plugins via a 1 click upgrade feature. This makes sense, since these plugs are simple scripts and fetching newest versions from a repository isn’t going to be a hard task with todays web tools. However, it is kind of shocking that to upgrade the actual wordpress install I had to go to wordpress.com, download a compressed file, uncompress, sftp into my box, upload the newest files, and then run the upgrade script. Completing these tasks isn’t rocket science, its not hard and it doesn’t take much time to complete, which is exactly why it should be automated/one-click-feature. I wonder how many people overwrite their config files, misc themes, or plugins when trying to preform an upgrade.
Continuing with that thought, I have to do the same for uploading new plugins/themes. In firefox, when I see a new plugin that I think ‘may be good, but will most likely suck’ I have no problem giving it a test drive. I click a link, the plugin installs, firefox restarts, and right away I can play with the tool. It takes a few clicks, which are all contained within firefox, and I dont have any files to clean up when I am done. With wordpress I have to go through that entire downloading process, so if I am on the fence about a plugin or theme it is simply not getting installed.
The spell check seems to lag or not always check words. This is very bad for someone like me (and pretty much every other retard on the internet).
I wish the text/post area would expand as I type. I want to reread my post, I have to scroll up, scroll down, scroll up, etc. It does have a drag/resize feature, but make it automatically gain height as I type.
Ok, this post is pretty negative and I certainly don’t want to come off as someone who is unsatisfied with this software, because its very good. I guess its a lot easier to see the negative sides of software, since we probably take all the features for granted.