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WordPress.com – not secure at all

I just created my account on WordPress.com to be able to use Aksimet. It was the usual signup form (with nice big buttons), then a confirmation mail, and then…

My password shown in clear text, big font, sent over unencrypted http protocol! Even more, a minute later I got my clear-text password sent to me via mail. Hello, it’s 2008, and I think at least some information security should be out there in the world. But hey, who cares…

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WordPress 2.5

I have just upgraded my blog engine to WordPress 2.5 Yep, I know it’s a bit early, but all the new features look promising, I’ve already seen some positive reviews of it, and – best of all – the new admin panel interface is very neat.

See the new admin interface yourselves:
Write post screenshot in WordPress 2.5
And this is how it looked like in the old, 2.4 interface:
Write post screenshot in WordPress 2.4

The new panel is more clear, colours are less intrusive, it’s much more web2.0-ish. Now we just need rounded corners and “make friend” button ;)

I found just one issue – the new multi-file picutre upload panel doesn’t work in Opera. But I’m getting used to new Javascript features not working in Opera…

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