[wp-design] Re: Is WordPress falling Behind?

[Michael Heilemann]

Indeed; the theming and plugin system has grown quite powerful. Which
I was reminded the other day, when I upgraded to 1.5.1 (actually I
upgraded to a nightly the day before 1.5.1 came out; doh!) It was
smooth sailing.

- Mike

On 5/10/05, Joen Asmussen <joen at noscope.com> wrote:
> I've been meaning to reply to this for a while.
> 
> I'll keep this short.
> 
> If Typo was compared to WP 1.2, I might go with Typo for the simplicity.
> 
> On the other hand, what keeps me with WP 1.5, and why Wordpress is not
> at all falling behind by a longshot, is the Themes system and the
> revised plugins system, not to mention the bulk of great plugins.
> 
> The beauty about themes and plugins is that I can keep things separate
> from the WP core files, and update WP as simple as uploading some files.
> The plugin architecture is mature to such a degree that almost anyone
> can extend the functionality.
> 
> Add to that a maturation of the code that simplifies things even more.
> 
> That's why for the next small version of Wordpress I would only want
> small improvements here and there, bug fixes, and improvements to the
> admin interface such as those we've discussed here on the list.
> 
> For the next MAJOR version, I can see only one thing: multiblogging.
> That is, having multiple blogs on one install, and possibly combining
> them in the way MT can do. With the latest post loop improvements,
> "rewind" functions etc, I sense the groundwork has been laid out.
> 
> 1.5.(.1) vs. Typo has Wordpress a clear winner. Thank god for that theme
> system.
> 
> J
> 
> Michael Heilemann wrote:
> 
> > http://typo.leetsoft.com/
> >
> > Sure WordPress covers a lot of ground that Typo doesn't, but Type's
> > got a bunch of features that would make me, personally, choose Typo
> > over WordPress, if I were to choose today...
> >
> > - Mike
> >
> >
> 
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Michael Heilemann
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