Well – you know it had to be too good to be true. The new Safari Beta from Apple breaks WordPress 2.7.1. Kind of…

Safari makes it impossible to add links and add other things that use the nifty little pop-up. Which sucks. I know that a lot of you out there use FireFox, and you’ll probably tell me to do the same – but I LIKE Safari. And I like WordPress. And I want them to work together like chocolate and peanut butter. Or coffee and anything.

What happens, exactly? See this screen grab:

It makes it hard to add links, add some pix, etc. Weird.

Workaround: Firefox.

So, people – tell Apple about it. We need Safari to work. It’s fast, it’s sexy and it’s so very Apple.

One word: Sweet!

Another word: Do your homework!

(Yeah, that’s 3 words. Sue me.)

WordPress 2.5 was released a few days ago, and I’ve taken the plunge on a couple of sites. AllAboutFreelance.com is one of them, and my main business site is another. It all went smoothly – with a minor exception.

The Pros:

Much Sexier:
It’s a lot better looking! I’ve grown reasonably accustomed to the old style, so this one will take a wee bit of getting used to – but on first blush, it’s a great improvement. I think it’ll be even more important and more attractive for my end clients. Much more Web 2.0, and a vast improvement in professionalism.

More Organized:
That’s never a bad thing! Some of the tabs are a little more obvious as to their use. No more “blogroll.”

Easier Media:
Supports YouTube embeds directly in posts without any help. Also has multiple file uploads simultaneously – which is great! Makes gallery-making a lot easier. Add music and other media directly – and all with a nice interface. Pretty slick!

Search Pages and Posts:
HELL YEAH! Great for those of us that use WordPress as a CMS for clients. Nice!

Built-in Galleries:
Pretty slick stuff. Not as good as the NextGen …

Tinkering with an OSX widget to do quick posts via my desktop. Big fun!