On 17 Mar 2008, at 19:31, Jamie Oastler wrote:
Out of curiosity how come these elements, which used to exist nicely
in a
column beside the editing window, were moved below the main content
area?
Examples: Category checkboxes in Write > Post or the aforementioned
Page
Template in Write > Page
Please forgive if this is re-hashing an old topic, I just joined the
list a
few days ago and downloaded a nightly build, couldn't find a method to
search the archives. There are a number of changes like this which I
would
assume there were logical reasons for, but to the average user of
Wordpress
might seem like change only for the sake of change rather than
progress
based on improved usability.
Good question, which has been asked by a few of us. I've been playing
with 2.5 on a local installation, and for me, the new layout quite
simply does not work. The amount of scrolling up and down necessary to
make posts is a major step backward in usabilty.
The new layout also breaks a lot of plugins that used to (quite
usefully) add themselves to the sidebar. Some may still work, but
they'll appear at the bottom of the page rather than immediately to
the right.
We've also lost any ability to easily change the order of elements on
the page, which I always found very useful.
Personally, I don't expect to update my live site until someone
produces an admin theme plugin that restores the old functionality.
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Les Bessant [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Losing it[1] - http://lcb.me.uk
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