hopedarby

fesworks, you are my new best friend.

For some reason, I did not see a link in your previous posts. I had the Ozh Drop-Down Menu already installed, and I’ve been loving it for many months now, but it would not work with the new 2.7 installation. I decided, “What the heck,” and clicked on your link, though, and lo and behold, there is a new, updated version of the Drop-Down menu that DOES work for 2.7.

It’s not perfect, it’s not as lovely as the old version, but it is DEFINITELY at least three worlds better than what it was.

So THANK YOU, fesworks!

I do apologize for my snarky tone of voice up there, I am just intensely frustrated.

Truly, I do appreciate the hard work that goes in to making WordPress the amazing service it is. I understand that it is a rather thankless job, especially when things like this happen, and I know it isn’t possible to please all the people all the time.

I’m just feeling the effects of the brick wall and my forehead meeting a bit too often tonight over this whole thing…

I have to say, this new 2.7 interface is pure hell for me. As a writer, what I liked best about previous versions of WP was the ease of writing, navigating, and editing offered by the dashboard interface. Call me simplistic, but there it is.

This new interface is tedious, every plug-in I have is essentially useless (and I’m sorry, but I am a writer, not a developer, and it took me bloody well next to forever to find what I needed, get it right, and be delighted with it), and I am pulling my hair out over this horrible new layout.

If I had known that the “hey trust us and upgrade now!” link in would have led to this, I would have NEVER clicked it. As it is, I am furious, frustrated, and feeling completely betrayed. I may be one meaningless user in a vast pool of millions, so I doubt anyone out there really cares, but if this isn’t fixed soon I won’t be sticking around with WP. I don’t want to have to re-develop everything I have every time a programmer decides to force me to via an upgrade without warning me that a total change is imminent.

More fool me for trusting, I suppose.