I have been involved with computers for a long time. During that time I have also gotten used to the frequent software updates and upgrades that occur at regular intervals. Microsoft was infamous for their annual upgrades and almost monthly updates. They pale under the history of blog software giant, WordPress.
WordPress is not happy with an annual upgrade. No, they have to upgrade every six months, then provide updates every six to eight weeks. WordPress 2.6, or is it 2.6.1 now? is not even hot on the hard drive and now they are discussing version 2.7 – and they say it is going to be bigger than the 2.6 upgrade.
One question is does raise is their version system. In the past, major changes resulted in a change to the first number. Version 2.6 should have been version 3.0. If this is another big upgrade then it should be version 4.0. Smaller upgrades take the first decimal point. Version 2.6.1 should be 3.1 although it is such an insignificant update that perhaps 3.0.1 may have been better. It’s all semantics so let’s move on.
WordPress 2.7 is slated for release in November. It does appear to have some changes that may make it look nicer, perhaps feel easier to use, most likely a little slower again. Change for the sake of change is no good. WordPress needs to work on ways to speed everything up, particularly when in the the dashboard. WordPress also needs to learn two other lessons, first, don’t fix what isn’t broken and second, you cannot please everyone so stick to what you do best. Both are cliches, but when it comes to a blog software package like WordPress, they really do suit the situation.
