I have just upgraded to WordPress 2.5 so please let me know if you notice anything wonky going on.
I need to upgrade my template probably but I do not like all the changes that were recently made to it. Thus, I’ll stick with the older version until I find time to modify all I don’t like about the new version or else find a new one.
I also left the Live Comment Preview turned off as it hasn’t worked since I upgraded to WP 2.3 anyway.
The biggest change is that I have removed my contact form. I was getting way too much spam from it. I hope to find another solution that meets my requirements for ease of use and security, but I’m not counting on it.
In the meantime, I have put my (new) email address on that page. If you desire to contact me please feel free to email me at mark {dot} r {dot} lindner {at} gmail.com. Just make sure to type that last name correctly. 
That is probably the prime reason I want a contact form; most people have issues with getting it right.
As for the new interface I’m reserving judgement for now. I have already seen a few things I am not so happy with but most will probably just involve getting used to.
As for some of the changes I’ve read about, such as paragraph (and other) formatting not being hosed I’ll see soon enough. As of the moment and in this simple post I see no difference in the Visual vs. HTML interface. I really have a hard time with something calling itself an HTML editor and not showing me paragraph tags, though.
3 responses so far ↓
1 John Miedema // Apr 6, 2008 at 9:43 am
I just upgraded too. Pretty slick eh? I like the full page writing mode.
2 Mark // Apr 6, 2008 at 11:20 am
Actually, now that I just posted last week’s reading I am extremely unhappy with the new WP as it stripped out all of my COinS data.
That shit is completely unacceptable! Especially since it all showed in preview before I posted it. That is one of the main things I checked after the upgrade.
It seems to be showing up for previous posts and for the main page just fine, based on a very small sample. Perhaps it was only the new post as it straddled the 2 versions of WP. But like I said, the COinS data was all there in the preview.
Grrr!
3 Mark // Apr 6, 2008 at 1:13 pm
Sorry, John! Yes, I am somewhat jazzed about the new interface and look forward to learning it and its features.
I haven’t yet tried the full page writing mode but I did see where Walt mentioned it.
I’m just really perturbed about the COinS thing. I know it has little impact on the larger world at the moment but I feel it is important, for several reasons. In one way, it helps me feel I’m doing my own small part to make the web a better place.