That new feature on the Administrator Panel as of v1.7 works, "Check for Updates" There it is!
In addition, a feature I have wanted for a long time appears to have made it from the development track to the production version.
When the Administration panel for v1.7.1 opened:
- It remembered the location of the Administration panel, and
- It remembered the previous width of the Date/Time, Info, Type, and Message fields,