Well, it seems that WP 2.5 is a little delayed – the current Trac shows it as “awaiting RC feedback” – despite being announced for a 17 March roll-out. Since writing about it a few days ago, I’ve really not touched it much but I’ve noticed that the updated (1.5.2) Defensio seems to work with it (even though Carl at Defensio told me that it doesn’t officially support it yet – which is more down to WP than it is to Defensio) – so that’s a step in the right direction. Ozh’s Absolute Comments, which is my other must-have that doesn’t currently support 2.5, is still waiting to be updated.
On the whole, I still can’t really see any compelling reason to upgrade to 2.5; anyone out there want to offer one?
Updated: well, it’s finally been officially released. I haven’t taken the plunge just yet and put it on this blog, but I have been doing some further testing on my local MAMP installation. Everything seems to be working OK but I’m still not sure about that new admin interface. Only time will tell on that I guess. Matt has written a lengthy post about the various changes that have gone on; how important those changes are to you as a blogger will depend very much on what type of blogger you are. I still haven’t found anything that really blows my skirt up, although I do like the improved support for tags.
My updated plugin is still cooking, coming up real soon!
I’m not a fan of the new UI at all, especially the menus (becomes decent with my Admin Drop Down Menu I think), but there are a few new features that are cool. The uploader is really faster, I think it’s a reason in itself for upgrading. The plugin updater is a killer feature too.
[Wolfie edit: I've removed a smiley from this comment, because for some reason they really screw up the way the comment is displayed]
@Ozh:
Good to hear that work is progressing on your excellent plug-in. I agree with you on the new UI (although I must confess that while your dropdown menu does improve things, there’s still something not 100% right about it) and I do think this is generally a style-over-substance release. Time will tell if I’m wrong on that one.