Geek & Mild by Sean Sperte

Mar 8th, 2008 ExpressionEngine 2.0 Preview

EllisLab previewed version 2.0 of ExpressionEngine today at SXSW. The biggest news is that EE is now built entirely on top of CodeIgniter. This should enable even more flexibility for developers needing custom solutions. Check out the “official” screenshots from Derek Allard.

Update: The new Control Panel design was done by the veritable Veerle Pieters. It looks like a lot of attention was paid to the publish form — but I wonder if it was at the cost of the tabular data on the edit screen. To me, this where the EE backend could use some help. I pose the question again: who wants to develop (create content) in a web browser?

Update 2: I ask [that question] based on the assumption that most people are creating content (writing blog entries, developing templates, etc.) outside the Control Panel anyway. I question the need to spend resources bolstering the “create” tools in the Control Panel as opposed to the “edit” or “organize” tools.