In addition, WordPress.org has also been redesigned and closely matches the design of the new admin design as well. I like it a lot, and it’s very clean and structured. So for all of you WordPress people, go download the latest version. Hope you like it!

In it’s current state, all of the options in the main nav is overkill. I would assume that on a typical login, the items such as User management, Plugins, and Settings aren’t needed since those things aren’t touched very often. Version 2.5 creates this separation by making the main navigation only the elements that are more relevant on a typical login: Write, Manage, Design, and Comments. I’m don’t 100% agree on Design needing to be there in that main navigation though. And I love the comments icon that shows the count of comments. Very nice touch.

Another major improvement is the dashboard. Right now, the dashboard is pretty much crap with a whole lot of irrelevant information. I personally don’t like seeing feeds from the WordPress blog, or other WordPress sites. What I DO like seeing is information relevant to my blog, which 2.5 has done. The WordPress blogs feeds are still there, but closer to the bottom of the page and not as dominant on the page as they currently are.

The post pages are quite cleaner too, moving all of the right hand items down below the text area post for the content. Though it makes for much more scrolling, I don’t see it as a huge issue and it doesn’t make my eyes wander all over the page.

There are many more changes, however those were the couple that stood out initially. Since it’s still in alpha, I would imagine there will be many more changes, but as it is now, it is still quite an upgrade from the current state of the dashboard. I very much look forward to this new release though, which looks to be in just under a month. Is Happy Cog still on this redesign?

What do you think of the changes in the demo?