WordPress 2.5 RC1 Early Impressions

March 18, 2008

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I haven’t had enough time to put the release candidate of WordPress 2.5 through it’s full paces yet, but I’m happy to report that the five-second install is intact, and I was able to successfully import all my entries. Early impressions:

  • The navigation structure makes much more sense now. There are fewer options at the top level, and the secondary navigation has been streamlined.
  • Better terminology. Instead of “presentation’ as an option, we now have “design”. Instead of “blogroll” (how 1999), we have “links”.
  • The look and feel is gorgeous, and I’m not just saying it because they used orange in the design. Whitespace is abundantly and wisely used.
  • Post management interface is improved. Granted, you have to take an extra click to delete a post, but moving the edit/delete functions onto the editing window makes much more sense.

Currently, WP RC 1 feels more like a (logical) evolution instead of a revolution. Right now I’ve only installed it locally on my MacBook, but I don’t anticipate the Dreamhost upgrade to be any more painful than the local upgrade. Here’s hoping.

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