I love WordPress, and the wholly new interface in 2.7 just sweetens the deal. It’s a dramatic departure from the UI in previous versions (even the nice Happy Cog re-design), but well worth the upgrade.

Aesthetically, the controls just feel more polished than ever before, and the sidebar tool panel seems to take up a good deal less space than the options did horizontally. More importantly though, the new controls just seem to be more focused around the tasks of writing / editing, and that just makes the day to day experience of using it much more fun.

Have it your way

The subtle and slick ‘auto customizable’ nature of the new UI is fantastic — it only takes a few clicks to tailor the UI to just what you need to see, and nothing else. No hacking (and possibly breaking) backend code — things just bend to your whim as you toggle which options to show. It’s pervasive functionality, as just about every view can be customized to show less information. All this makes for a much lighter and easier to use UI without sacrificing any powerful features — you can simply salt the UI to your own needs.

If you’re a WordPress fan (or enemy), the new version is definitely worth a look.