I decided to bite the bullet and upgrade to WordPress 2.7b3. In a word… beautiful. They’ve completely redesigned the dashboard and it makes the entire thing seem very modern.
You can download the Beta here:
Here is some info about it (new features, at least):
- XMLRPC Comments API (Ticket 7446)
- Keyboard shortcuts for comment moderation (Ticket 7643)
- Sticky Posts (Ticket 7457)
- Theme update api, like we do for plugins (Ticket 7519)
- Dashboard and write box rearranging (write box in trunk)
- One-click plugin installs (Ticket 6015)
- Reply to comments from admin (Ticket 7435)
- Core updating (Ticket 5560)
- Frame-like method for moderating ping/trackbacks
- Plugin browser embedded (Ticket 6015)
- PHPXref hosted on WordPress.org
- Separate Large and Full image sizes, related improvements (Ticket 7151)
- Comment threading (Ticket 7635)
- Comment paging
- Batch and inline editing (Ticket 6815)
- HTTPOnly cookies
- Column hiding for all management pages
- Post box hiding for all edit pages
- Upgrades and install over SFTP
- Template Tag wp_page_menu wrapper for wp_list_pages and support for Home page (Ticket 7698)
So far I don’t seem to be having any issues, so, fingers crossed!!