WordPress 2.4 Skipped
Since WordPress 2.4 will no longer be released on January 24th due to the holidays and the amount of changes going into its development, WordPress decided to skip this release and go directly to WordPress 2.5, which will be released on March 24th. Not really much of a headliner, but still is quite a bit of a surprise. It’s not the first time WordPress skipped a version, though.
I wasn’t really going to update my WordPress to 2.3.2 since 2.4 is just around the corner but reading about it on WLTC and Lorelle’s article, I have no choice but to update my WordPress install. Not really a big deal, but it kinda screwed up my plans (for lack of a better term for it). I was already in the zone of waiting for a major release of WP. All I have to do, when the new version is released, is to dowload it, unzip it, install over my previous version, and run the upgrade script. When 2.3.2 came out, I was pretty bummed that the WP developers had to release a security fix version when I was already looking forward to a new Administration panel.
Anyway, updating isn’t really so much of a hassle as it is an annoyance. An annoyance because I thought this install is already perfect. The major releases are just versions with spiffy new features. So here’s what I’m going to do, or at least try to do, whenever a new version will be released: Wait for the version that has the bug fixes for the major version recently released. Chances are, some bugs will pop-up within a day or two. Then there’s a big chance that an update will be released a week after. Not really my cup of tea, but as far as software goes, software is only as secure as the latest release. Hence, my succumbing to installing the latest update. Considering the impact of the possible threat the previous version is vulnerable to, well, you don’t want to be the one being nagged by people with the words “I told you so.” Which reminds me I have yet to update my plugins. Heh.
Also, the new Administration interface is getting some serious criticism. I know the interface shown on the video isn’t complete, and it’s not really fair to judge anything when it’s not yet completed, but, I would prefer Brokenkode’s Shuttle layout, than the one they showed on the video. A little change in the colors and I believe Shuttle’s Admin interface for WordPress is a solid bet to make users stay with the default Admin interface instead of using a plugin. However, if the WordPress team isn’t going to use it, then I would suggest that Shuttle be released as an alternative interface or plugin to beautify the Administration panel.
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