[wp-forums] 3.2 troubleshooting (ahead of the curve!)

[ipstenu at ipstenu.org]

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 12:18 PM, Andrew Nacin <wp at andrewnacin.com> wrote:
> I'm suggesting that when we make a design decision, we shouldn't include
> ways to reverse that decision (fonts, sizes, etc.) in a post that lists
> "problems" with a new version. It's conflating the issues.

Precedent has already been set for the Admin Bar, however.  When  
people starting having a fit, we pointed them to the various ways you  
could turn it off, turn it off for SOME, turn it off for all, turn it  
on for all, or minimize it.

IMO this is not a case of REVERSING a decision, but pointing out the  
flexibility of a product that allows you to enhance it for your own  
needs.  I can see why it grabs at you, though, when you look at it  
from the POV of a WP Dev. :) Perspective, it's a mother.

So with THAT in mind, I pulled both the 'site link Otto Fix' and the  
'HTML font' bits and instead put in this:

<strong>I don't like how the new admin section looks</strong>

The WordPress Dashboard was designed with the future direction of  
WordPress in mind and there are no plans to revert it.

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Now MY gut says we could tell people how to style their admin side via  
CSS, and that's okay.   
http://codex.wordpress.org/Creating_Admin_Themes is pretty out of  
date, though, and I'm tempted to give it a quick addition of how to  
style it with CSS and a mu-plugins plugin, to get people started and  
let them customize it if they wanted.