I decided to try the release candidate of WordPress 2.7 on a test blog.
The good:
– I like the new back-end.
– Pagination and threading is cool.
– The media uploader is (mostly-)working again after Adobe broke the Flash version. Specifically, the “no link” is respected, and it is possible to insert “original size” pics.
The bad:
– Had to do some modifying of the template to get it working right.
– I can’t figure out how to modify the intro to the comments.
– Filosofo Comments Preview doesn’t work with threaded comments (AJAX Comment Preview does, though I don’t want to go with that).
Revisions/extensions (11:56 am 12/5/2008) – I hadn’t reported on the compatibility of Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam with 2.7. While 3.1.1 is not entirely compatible (with “force registered users to enter the word” enabled, an admin can’t reply from the back end), the fresh 3.1.2 is.
I like 2.7, especially the back end. I’ve been told that the comments intro fix is in the works, but probably won’t be included until 2.8
There are customized themes that do change the comment intros, but without either access to those theme files or documentation on the new way to display comments in The Loop, I can’t figure out how that happens.