I have installed WordPress 2.7 in a couple places and have begun to play with. I have to say that I really like the new interface. It has a really good feel to it and reminds me of when I used to run MovableType back in the day. I still bumble around here and there trying to find things but I am sure I will get used to it.
Additional things that I like about WordPress 2.7 are the automatic install and update functions. WordPress 2.7 now lets you update WordPress in a single click. It downloads, installs, and updates your database all automatically. The only thing that it doesn’t do which the WordPress Automatic Upgrade plug-in did was backup your database which is really important to do before upgrading.
This lack of automatic backup wasn’t that big of a deal though because I went to the plug-in section within the admin section of 2.7 and did a search for "backup" and found the WP-DB-Backup plug-in. I clicked "Install" and it automatically downloaded and installed the plug-in for me. This sure beats having to open an FTP program in order to upload a new plug-in. Anyway, I did a backup and then scheduled a daily backup to be emailed to me. From there I did the automatic update of WordPress with the native upgrader. It is really nice to have this automation now baked into the native admin section.
I am sure there are other little nuggets that are sprinkled throughout that I haven’t discovered yet but I am very impressed with what I have seen so far.