TinyMCE 2.0.5, including the new spell checker, is in WP trunk. We auditioned this on WordPress.com for awhile and received lots of positive feedback. Over the history of WordPress, the number one most requested feature is WYSIWYG editing. We added that in 2.0 when we incorporated TinyMCE. With that down, the number one request became spell checking. A spell checker is a make or break feature for many people. So, here it is.
(This post not spell checked because I am a hard core. I dare you to find a single mispeling on this page.)
March 31, 2006
Thanks to Michael Adams AJAX is featured in more places in the WordPress admin. We use AJAX primarily to avoid page reloads when manipulating lists. When deleting posts, pages, categories, comments, or bookmarks, you will see the deleted object fade out of the list and vanish. No reload required. We do this in a few places in 2.0.x, but now we do it more comprehensively. See this tracking ticket for details. This change will be available in the next release of WordPress. Right now you can get it only by pulling the latest development bits out of the subversion repository.
And, yes, the admin pages degrade nicely when using less capable browsers. I can still administer my blog using my BlackBerry.
March 31, 2006
Owen and Robert have put together a nice cron implementation for WP. Internally, this is used to schedule future posts. It is also available to plugin authors who want to be able to schedule events. Check out the in-progress API.
March 17, 2006
WP contributor “random” spotted a couple places where some small bits of code were causing slow downs disproportionate to their size. random provided patches for ent2ncr and smilies that resulted in a nice performance bump. Small code cleanups like this can have big results.
March 17, 2006
