So I just upgraded WordPress to version 2.6.

Outside of one issue that I resolved (I had to delete my cookies in FireFox 3 to be able to get back into the admin part of the site), things are looking good. Additionally, in the top-right corner of my admin screen, there is now (essentially) a turbo button (really it’s a link).

The turbo button allows you to download Google Gears, which allows you to download some or all of your web applications onto your desktop. I figured, hey, why not! It’s not supposed to really give WordPress new functionality, but it should speed things up, at least according to the release page.

We’ll find out! I downloaded and installed Gears, restarted my web browser, and then used the Turbo link, which proceeded to download several hundreds things (I dunno what), over the course of about a minute. The admin pages do look, now, to load a bit snappier. Hopefully I’ll be blogging in lightening speed from here on out!