I’m in huff.
Actually, I’m pissed off as all blazes. And that’s putting it mildly.
When 2.5 came out, I was all gung ho and upgraded a blog to it.
Previously, every new release was a step forward, with many workflow improvements.
2.5 was a BAD move.
The admin area was a shambles. Many, MANY people hated it. Myself included.
It made no sense.
The widgets area (the bits like the RSS feeds, text, etc) went from drag and drop to…
Not drag and drop.
If I wanted to move a widget to another sidebar, I had to remove the widget from Bar 1, lost ALL the settings, had to switch to the other bar, re-add the widget, set up the widget again because it lost all the settings.
WTF? That’s an "Improvement"????
I found some blog posts by Matt Mullenberg (The wordpress honcho) who tried to pacify users on onblogging.com
Other things people have taken issue with, for example the new placement of the category and tag interface, were deliberate. Because of the feedback those assumptions are being reexamined for 2.6
He also said:
The changes we’re making in 2.6 will be as a result of the feedback given here and many other places.
So, I ask you, do you expect to see fixes / changes, considering those statements? I did.
Well.
I was wrong.
Nothing changed, the widgets are still the same as 2.5, the categories haven’t moved.
I’m looking at new blogging platforms at the moment, because of it, but Wenches won’t change until I’ve tried and tested and am happy with another one, and until I’ve used it a while.
Meanwhile… yeah. I’m pissed.