The new WordPress 2.7 is great. I really like the new layout. Spotting how to hide and show the left side bar was a bit tricky. Now that I know how to do it, I no longer have overlapping columns after zooming in Firefox. Other than that a few broken plugins, it has been a smooth and pleasant transation.
Yet the WP development team is not taking a well-deserved break. On the WordPress official blog, I spotted a post: Prioritizing Features for WordPress 2.8.
Everyone knows by now that WordPress 2.7 is packed with new features. Now that it’s available (almost 600,000 downloads as I write this!), it’s time to start working on 2.8. There were dozens of things that got tabled during 2.7 due to time constraints, and there are a lot of high-rated features in the Ideas forum, so there are a lot of potential features under consideration.
Unable to still my curiosity, I checked the post and the related poll to see what is in store for us. One of the poll’s options is accessibility. I am not sure what accessibility means to the WP team, but any accessibility is good. Unfortunately, accessibility is only a priority for those who know the need. I suspect it will not get many votes in the poll, unless the community of WP users who are aware of access issues make their voice heard. I did not understand all the options in the poll, but I answered as best as I knew how.So, take a minute or two to read the post and fill out the poll.
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Thanks for tracking these issues, Tim. I haven’t converted my personal blogs to WP 2.7 yet, but I built two new blogs with it on wordpress.com which were given as Christmas presents.. I’m at the phase of stumbling into new features in WP 2.7. Do you like the dashboard’s vertical navigation in left sidebar (vs. horizontal nav across the top in older versions)? I don’t like having to scroll down to find what I need; scrolling (as opposed to a flaneur’s strolling) is not one of my talents.
I don’t mind the vertical navigation bar too much. I have learned where are the things I need most often. I like how it compresses so I can use more of my screen for zooming. Three coluns can get quite crowded at the zoom levels I need. This results in overlapping and illegible columns. Two columns is more manageable. I also use Firefox’s tab add-ons so I can keep a window with all my most used blog pages open at all times. In that window, I have the main dashboard page, the posts page, the stats page and usually a draft post open, reducing the need to navigate.