Paul Gregory wrote:
But I'm amazed that there are people on this list who are unaware that this
is happening! My main interest in joining this list was to get the locations
of the work-in-progress so I could see the new backend and see how it fits
into various plans. I'm sure that the developers of any plugins that depend
on the exact arrangement of the backend are following developments.
I think most of the discussion here has been on the aesthetics and
usability of the back end, not the issues for plugin developers.
But I must jump in here to point out that there are real issues for
plugin developers, independent of the look of the admin section. The
issue is that in previous versions of WP, the API for adding to the
post edit screen and to the admin menu system depended on the exact
layout/coding/order of the screens/menus. So when that changes, the
previous code of plugins will not add their screens/sections in a
compatible way. In the case of the post edit screen (where many
plugins add sections), I don't think the new API has yet been
articulated either (has it? I haven't checked the code in the last
couple of weeks, so I'm not sure). But even when it is, plugin
developers will either have to abandon support for previous WP
versions, or have branches in their code based on WP version. Neither
is extremely desirable.
I'm not saying the admin section should not be redesigned, just trying
to point out what the difficulty is, by the way... I like the new
design. :)
--Jennifer
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Jennifer Hodgdon
Poplar ProductivityWare * www.poplarware.com
Web Databases/Scripts * Modeling/Analysis/Palm OS Software
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