I know that things like the version of a blog engine is not particularly interesting for quite a few blog readers. However, I know that quite a few blog readers are bloggers as well. So, for them here is a tiny piece of information: Photonovice.net is on WordPress 2.7 from today.

I can’t help but I’m still a geek and enjoy technical developments like the new sleek design of the admin dashboard in WordPress. I’m not talking about the new features and bug fixes, but the design. It is rich and clean at the same time. It is well thought and handy. It is professional. Many commercial software packages are far, far behind WP in terms of usability, design and user experience. I’m quite amazed how this supposed to be simple tool improves by each version change.

My favourite new thing in WP 2.7 is the toolbar that can be minimized. Check the pic on the right.

Update: there was an annoying issue with the Flash driven media uploader. It is discussed here and the solution is (or at least was for me, but worked for others as well) re-uploading the swfupload.swf file to the /wp-includes/js/swfupload folder on your server.