I’ve only had the new version of WordPress up and running for about 24 hours, but I really like it. The dashboard is nice and clean. It runs faster. Things like the category checklist are much handier than in the last version I had installed. Before, the it was toward the bottom of the page, which meant I’d forget to add categories, so I’d frequently have to go back and edit posts after publishing.
This is my first experience with using widgets in WordPress, since they weren’t supported in my previous version. Being able to drag and drop modules into the sidebar, instead of having to copy and paste and tweak code, is pretty awesome.
Another thing included in this version was built-in gravitars. I have unleashed the cute monsters (!), so if you comment and don’t have your own gravitar, you’ll be assigned a little monster.
Assuming things stay nice and stable, the improvements were well worth the pain in my ass of upgrading.
red paper boat 