Comments on: Ecto 3 Alpha released, not recommended http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/08/16/ecto-3-alpha-released-not-recommended/ Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:08:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Robert http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/08/16/ecto-3-alpha-released-not-recommended/#comment-39825 Robert Fri, 17 Aug 2007 14:32:04 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2007/08/16/ecto-3-alpha-released-not-recommended/#comment-39825 I downloaded the ecto3 alpha as well and had pretty much the same experience as you: http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/ecto3-alpha-released/ The combining of Categories and Technorati Tags in the new version is just as irritating and inexplicable to me as it was to you. And as far as I can tell, they still haven't figured out a way to handle multiple Wordpress,com accounts. (Currently in ecto2, if you have multiple WP.com accounts, ALL posts published with ecto go only to the "primary blog".) On the other hand, there are some nice features. The rich text editor is much improved, and it seems to handle media much better. (But not perfectly; see my post.) I think it'll be a very good upgrade in time, but it's not really ready for prime time yet. I downloaded the ecto3 alpha as well and had pretty much the same experience as you:

http://castingoutnines.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/ecto3-alpha-released/

The combining of Categories and Technorati Tags in the new version is just as irritating and inexplicable to me as it was to you. And as far as I can tell, they still haven’t figured out a way to handle multiple Wordpress,com accounts. (Currently in ecto2, if you have multiple WP.com accounts, ALL posts published with ecto go only to the “primary blog”.)

On the other hand, there are some nice features. The rich text editor is much improved, and it seems to handle media much better. (But not perfectly; see my post.)

I think it’ll be a very good upgrade in time, but it’s not really ready for prime time yet.

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