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Upgraded to Wordpress 2.5

The new Dashboard has failed to please me. It was supposed to be ‘light’ on the eyes, but all it does is just sit around and grab attention.

One feature that I find is good that plugins can be upgraded directly from the Dashboard. Also, there is a media manager, which can come handy for images and videos. Though nothing can replace what Flickr offers, currently.

The option to edit the post slug comes after sometime, after Wordpress automatically saves your post for the first time. And that option is now above the space where you are supposed to write your post. Other options like Timestamp and publish status have got an upgrade, they have been moved up in the right toolbar. The ‘post author’ field has been moved down, below the post. The Save, Save and continue editing, and Publish buttons have been moved to the right toolbar. It has a big ‘Preview This Post’ button too, which will come handy.

Tags are now predictive, you have to wait for the tag to appear though, it is not instantaneous. Overall, there is nothing much that excites me in this new version. I am looking forward to getting the Fluency Admin theme for my Dashboard, but it currently works for only Firefox and Safari, so I’ll consider it later when they support Opera too.

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