Now Available: WordPress 2.7

Oooh, a snazzy new interface was just released for WordPress, the blogging engine that powers this and millions of other websites. If you don’t already blog and have ever wanted to, it couldn’t be easier!

The release promises to make blogging take fewer clicks, which is impressive, because right now it really does not take that many clicks already.

Not only that, but the update now includes automatic upgrades! Hooray! No more FTP!

I am curious, do those of you who use WordPress.com to host your blog already see the new, snazzy interface? For those of you who — like me — host your own blog, do you plan to immediately upgrade (have you already)?

Here’s a video highlighting the changes: