This is my first post using WordPress 2.7. The newest version has gotten a lot of press recently because of the completely different backend layout. Many bloggers are complaining that they’ll have to learn a new workflow to blog posts and won’t be able to find things…to that I say “get over it” and “don’t be grandpa”. Grandpa’s don’t want to learn; they enjoy the status quo, and new generally scares them. Welcome to Gen Y, we learn, all the time, and if things AREN’T changing we’re getting uncomfortable.

My initial reactions to 2.7 are that there is now more in each screen. There has been a consolidation of buttons and menus, so it does take a bit of getting used to, but I think that the change will likely be for the better. There is a menu to the left now instead of a header menu. It contains drop down style navigation that will make things easier to get to with one click…a plus.

Overall I think the new change will be a good one. Hopefully the new WP backend improves my writing :)

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