Finally, (but not totally “finally”) the first public beta of WordPress 2.7 had been released today. Thousands of bloggers in the world, mostly loyal WordPress-users, are downloading this right now including me. We all know that this is still a beta version, which means not totally 100% or stable. Wrong! Because this is version is already stable and 100% working. The developers needs a little more time to finish the visual design, do around of user testing against the finished design, and do a proper round of public beta testing before releasing the final 2.7 by end of this month.

WordPress 2.7 Key Features

• New Dashboard Style- New look and user-friendly interface design of dashboard. Organized and easily manage your blog.
• New SidePanels- If you’re a fan ofLighter Menusplugin then this stuff is for you. Easily access setting tabs in less than a second.
• Draggable Dividers- Move it here, move it there. Drag these dividers anywhere you like, makes you more professional and confortable.
• Add New Plugin- Add/install a plugin directly from your admin panel. Plus, you can search for a plugin by clicking a tag on most popular tag on WordPress.org and install it directly without leaving the admin panel.

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I’ve got a tweet notification from WordPress a couple of minutes ago, about the first public beta release of WordPress 2.7 and that made me stood up from boredom.

The first public beta of WordPress 2.7 is here at last.  Join the thousands of people already testing 2.7 by

downloading 2.7 Beta 1.  As previously mentioned on this blog, 2.7 is bringing a new visual design.  This design is almost completely implemented, but there are still a few areas that aren’t quite finished in Beta 1.  There are also several glitches in certain browsers.  Beta 1 provides the best experience in Firefox and Safari. Don’t worry, we are working on IE and Opera and will have those looking good in time for the final release.
I’m now setting it up on a backup server, and I will try to make some reviews of this software once I’m done. If you like to try it, just get a copy from WordPress blog site or you may download it directly here.