Comments on: WordPress 2.5 is a Pile a Shit. Why Sacrifice Usability to be Fancy? http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy David Rosenthal on movies, TV, comic books, Chicago, computers, and even home renovation Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:51:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: WordPress 2.5 vs 2.3.3 - My Humble Abode http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-159 WordPress 2.5 vs 2.3.3 - My Humble Abode Wed, 23 Apr 2008 19:24:59 +0000 http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/?p=735#comment-159 [...] At least I’m not the only one that feels that this latest version of WordPress has some major problems: there is a way to revert back to 2.3.3 widget admin? (source) The new widget admin is a nightmare also–you only see one sidebar at a time, and you can no longer drag to remove widgets. Had I known, I would have stuck with 2.3. (source) WordPress 2.5 Widget Interface - I don [...] At least I’m not the only one that feels that this latest version of WordPress has some major problems: there is a way to revert back to 2.3.3 widget admin? (source) The new widget admin is a nightmare also–you only see one sidebar at a time, and you can no longer drag to remove widgets. Had I known, I would have stuck with 2.3. (source) WordPress 2.5 Widget Interface – I don

]]> By: Dave http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Dave Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:01:31 +0000 http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/?p=735#comment-160 YES Steve. I'm losing formatting too. And if I use bold or underline the punctuation at the end of the sentence gets moved like this . With that extra space. And yeah, I'm trying to hang with 2.5 and modifying it on my own. But almost everyday I REALLY think about going back to 2.3.3. Maybe dual support should be encouraged until 2.5.1 YES Steve.
I’m losing formatting too. And if I use bold or underline the punctuation at the end of the sentence gets moved like this . With that extra space.

And yeah, I’m trying to hang with 2.5 and modifying it on my own. But almost everyday I REALLY think about going back to 2.3.3. Maybe dual support should be encouraged until 2.5.1

]]> By: Steve http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-164 Steve Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:59:04 +0000 http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/?p=735#comment-164 It's time for a "pro" and "con" list. Everyday I keep hearing about new bugs and strange behaviors as well as the general dislikes. I'd like to see a comprehensive list of the good and bad instead of finding out about a problem weeks from now. Is anyone doing this? For my part I've started having posts lose their formatting after an edit and I've had to recreate the article. Several times now I've had to turn plugins on and then off to fix problems and they are plugins supposedly updated for 2.5. I'm sure a lot of work went into the new version but I think they could have done what the Joomla people are doing. They have two versions of Joomla running, even installable through Fantastico, until a majority of users upgrade. It's more work to support two versions but it might help the transition go smoother. How difficult could it be to continue to provide security updates to 2.33? Steve It’s time for a “pro” and “con” list. Everyday I keep hearing about new bugs and strange behaviors as well as the general dislikes. I’d like to see a comprehensive list of the good and bad instead of finding out about a problem weeks from now. Is anyone doing this?

For my part I’ve started having posts lose their formatting after an edit and I’ve had to recreate the article. Several times now I’ve had to turn plugins on and then off to fix problems and they are plugins supposedly updated for 2.5.

I’m sure a lot of work went into the new version but I think they could have done what the Joomla people are doing. They have two versions of Joomla running, even installable through Fantastico, until a majority of users upgrade. It’s more work to support two versions but it might help the transition go smoother. How difficult could it be to continue to provide security updates to 2.33?

Steve

]]> By: Dave http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-163 Dave Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:32:56 +0000 http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/?p=735#comment-163 Hi Mike! Your comment is perfect because it points out exactly what I said-people using WP were going to see the problems immediately. Another thing is, you wrote "ovber" and I know you meant "over" but they TOOK the edit comment feature away (I thought). That's crazy. I used to be able to help people out and fix little things like that. I can't even edit my OWN comments, I thought I had to delete and re-do them. And I figured out you <strong>can </strong>still edit but the clearly marked button is gone-why hide that feature? Hi Mike!
Your comment is perfect because it points out exactly what I said-people using WP were going to see the problems immediately.

Another thing is, you wrote “ovber” and I know you meant “over” but they TOOK the edit comment feature away (I thought). That’s crazy. I used to be able to help people out and fix little things like that. I can’t even edit my OWN comments, I thought I had to delete and re-do them. And I figured out you can still edit but the clearly marked button is gone-why hide that feature?

]]> By: Mike Cane http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/wordpress-25-is-a-pile-a-shit-why-sacrifice-usability-to-be-fancy/comment-page-1/#comment-165 Mike Cane Mon, 14 Apr 2008 17:11:13 +0000 http://welcomebackrosenthal.com/?p=735#comment-165 There was a huge outcry over at WP.com, the free service I use. They switched to 2.5 while I was in the middle of things, on a Friday evening! The first thread to complain about the changes got shut down within an hour. But the flood of complaints was too great for them to close every thread. A lot of the complaining had to do with bugs that needed fixing (obscure coding things that mainly affected OS X, Linux, and Win98). Some people just didn't like the change for the sake of change. One good thing came of it, after ovber a year of using WP.com, I learned I could compose *offline*. For involved posts, I now use BlogDesk, and love it. There was a huge outcry over at WP.com, the free service I use. They switched to 2.5 while I was in the middle of things, on a Friday evening! The first thread to complain about the changes got shut down within an hour. But the flood of complaints was too great for them to close every thread. A lot of the complaining had to do with bugs that needed fixing (obscure coding things that mainly affected OS X, Linux, and Win98).

Some people just didn’t like the change for the sake of change.

One good thing came of it, after ovber a year of using WP.com, I learned I could compose *offline*. For involved posts, I now use BlogDesk, and love it.

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