Wordpress announces Beta3: With oneclick upgrade

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WordPress on Nov 16 2008 announced the availability of Wordpress 2.7 Beta 3. There are over 160 changes over beta2; the following are the highlights:

Numerous style improvements and refinements.
All admin notices now go under the page title.
PHP Notice fixes.
Dashboard widget options now properly save.
Menu fixes.
New design for Quick Edit.
Canonical feed URL fixes.
Walker fixes.
An update for Hello Dolly.
Plugin installer updates.
Numerous font updates.
Updated login logo.
Switch position of “Save Draft” and “Preview” buttons in publish module.
File upload support for MS Office 2007+ file formats.
Media upload buttons won’t show if the user doesn’t have the upload capability.
Canonical redirects only do yes-www or no-www redirection for domains.
Shift-click checkbox range selection improvement.
Add New User page now separate.
Tag suggest only suggests tags (not other taxonomy terms).
QuickPress shows “Submit for Review” if user cannot publish.
Private posts/pages, and password-protected posts/pages are rolled into new “Visibility” section of publish module.

If you have already installed a previous beta of Wordpress version 2.7, you can update to Beta 3 via the Tools > Update menu. It failed the first time when I tried to upgrade but a second try fixed it.