Praise for Movable Type 3.2

It's been a week since we released Movable Type 3.2 and if you haven't yet checked out the new version, you should do so now. For those of you who may still be on a 2.x version and were reluctant to upgrade because of the past weblog limitations, remember that all versions (including free) now have unlimited weblogs.

I'm obviously biased, but like I said in an earlier post, it's really an awesome release. It's hard to articulate the feeling I have about it. Ben and I are obviously MT's parents but it's like we sent our baby to school and trusted a group of people (teachers, peers and friends) to bring her to the next level in life. I know it's just software, but Movable Type is so much more to me. And it feels good to see it being taken care of so well.

And, it's wonderful to see what our users have to say about the new version:

From warnadunia.net:

My favorite features so far is about the weblog management. I see more ‘shortcuts’ here. If in the previous release I had to take 3 steps, I can only use a single step.

From notmike.com:

Don’t let the incremental version number fool you. I’m thinking this upgrade may be as huge as the move from 2.6 to 3.0 was. The polished admin interface is the most obvious change. To take advantage of many of the most powerful new features, though, I will have to spend some time tweaking my templates.

From dansanderson.com:

Movable Type 3.2 raises the bar in web application design. Some of these features will influence the way other web applications are built for the next couple of years. The easy upgrade installation, the powerful list views, the searchable admin interface, the new comment management system, the interaction between background activity and the user interface. We will expect all web apps to work this way going forward.

From Vertical Hold:

The whole package has a professional polish that has seen many refinements since the 2.x days and it definitely go better in this release. The list of new features is too long to detail here, but I will talk about one area: rebuilding. It’s fast. I don’t know what was slowing me down before, but it made me avoid rebuilding individual archives completely. I don’t have any real numbers but it seems to be an order of magnitude faster on rebuilds.