diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
index 3f266e0fa0..26f20f692c 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-classic.css
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #101010;
 }
 
-.alternate {
+.alternate, .alt {
 	background-color: #f9f9f9;
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #d54e21;
 }
 
-.howto, .nonessential, #edit-slug-box, .form-input-tip, #dashboard_primary span.rss-date, .subsubsub, #dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li a cite {
+.howto, .nonessential, #edit-slug-box, .form-input-tip, .rss-widget span.rss-date, .subsubsub {
 	color: #999;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index a52c912267..92f7770841 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #101010;
 }
 
-.alternate {
+.alternate, .alt {
 	background-color: #f9f9f9;
 }
 
@@ -205,7 +205,7 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	color: #d54e21;
 }
 
-.howto, .nonessential, #edit-slug-box, .form-input-tip, #dashboard_primary span.rss-date, .subsubsub, #dashboard_secondary div.dashboard-widget-content ul li a cite {
+.howto, .nonessential, #edit-slug-box, .form-input-tip, .rss-widget span.rss-date, .subsubsub {
 	color: #999;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 4410fdf3db..7060ef5d6a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -38,13 +38,6 @@ form .textarea-wrap textarea {
 	box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
-form p.field-tip {
-	font-size: .9em;
-	font-style: italic;
-	margin: 0;
-	padding: 0;
-}
-
 #dashboard-widgets .postbox form .submit {
 	float: none;
 	margin: .5em 0 0;
@@ -77,12 +70,12 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	position: relative;
 }
 
-.view-all {
-	position: absolute;
-	top: 0;
-	right: 0;
-	padding: 0;
-	margin: 0;
+#dashboard-widgets a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets h3 a {
+	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets h4 {
@@ -130,10 +123,6 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	border-top: none;
 }
 
-#dashboard_right_now  a {
-	text-decoration: none;
-}
-
 #dashboard_right_now .b, #dashboard_right_now .b a {
 	color: #2583ad;
 }
@@ -199,17 +188,46 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 
 /* Recent Comments */
 
+#dashboard_recent_comments h3 {
+	margin-bottom: 0;
+}
+
 #the-comment-list {
 	position: relative;
 }
 
 #the-comment-list .comment-item {
-	padding: 5px 5px 5px 47px;
+	padding: 1em 10px 1em 70px;
+	border-top: 1px solid;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .comment-item, #the-comment-list #replyrow {
+	margin: 0 -10px;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .comment-item:first-child {
+	border-top: none;
 }
 
 #the-comment-list .comment-item .avatar {
 	position: absolute;
-	left: 5px;
+	left: 0;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .comment-item h4 {
+	line-height: 1.4;
+	margin-top: -.2em;
+	font-weight: normal;
+	color: #999;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .comment-item h4 cite, #the-comment-list .comment-item h4 strong {
+	font-style: normal;
+	color: #333;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .comment-item p.comment-author {
+	margin: 0.2em 0;
 }
 
 #the-comment-list .comment-item blockquote, #the-comment-list .comment-item blockquote p {
@@ -227,18 +245,73 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
+#the-comment-list .approve a {
+	color: green;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .unapprove a {
+	color: orange;
+}
+
+#the-comment-list .delete a {
+	color: red;
+}
+
 /* QuickPress */
 
-#quick-press #add-media-button {
-	margin: .5em 0;
-}
-
-#quick-press #content-label {
-	margin-top: 1em;
-}
-
-#quick-press .textarea-wrap {
+#dashboard_quick_press h4 {
+	float: left;
+	width: 5em;
 	clear: both;
+	font-weight: normal;
+	font-style: italic;
+	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	text-align: right;
+}
+
+#dashboard_quick_press h4 label {
+	margin-right: 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_quick_press .input-text-wrap, #dashboard_quick_press .textarea-wrap {
+	margin: 0 0 1em 5em;
+}
+
+#dashboard_quick_press #media-buttons {
+	margin: 0 0 .5em 5em;
+	padding: 0 0 0 2px;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit {
+	border-top: 1px solid;
+	padding: 1em 1em 1em 5em;
+	margin: 0 -10px -10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit input {
+	float: left;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #save-post {
+	margin: 0 1em 0 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit .cancel {
+	padding-left: 0;
+	padding-right: 0;
+	border: none;
+	background-color: transparent;
+	text-decoration: underline;
+	color: red;
+}
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit .cancel:hover {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+
+#dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit #publish {
+	float: right;
 }
 
 /* Recent Drafts */
@@ -248,6 +321,24 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	list-style: none;
 }
 
+#dashboard_recent_drafts ul li {
+	margin-bottom: 0.6em;
+}
+
+#dashboard_recent_drafts h4 {
+	font-weight: normal;
+}
+
+#dashboard_recent_drafts h4 abbr {
+	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	color: #999;
+}
+
+#dashboard_recent_drafts p {
+	margin: 0;
+	padding: 0;
+}
+
 /* Feeds */
 
 .rss-widget ul {
@@ -256,9 +347,8 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	list-style: none;
 }
 
-.rss-widget a.rsswidget,
 .rss-widget span.rss-date {
-	font-size: 14px;
+	font-family: Georgia, serif;
 }
 
 .rss-widget cite {
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 5568dab502..e032a2c832 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_setup() {
 	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_right_now', __( 'Right Now' ), 'wp_dashboard_right_now' );
 
 	// Recent Comments Widget
-	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_recent_comments', __( 'Recent Comments' ), 'wp_dashboard_recent_comments' );
+	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_recent_comments', sprintf( __( 'Recent Comments <a href="%s">View all</a>' ), 'edit-comments.php' ), 'wp_dashboard_recent_comments' );
 
 	// Incoming Links Widget
 	if ( !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links'] ) || !isset( $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] ) || $widget_options['dashboard_incoming_links']['home'] != get_option('home') ) {
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_setup() {
 	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_quick_press', __( 'QuickPress' ), 'wp_dashboard_quick_press' );
 
 	// Recent Drafts
-	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', __( 'Recent Drafts' ), 'wp_dashboard_recent_drafts' );
+	wp_add_dashboard_widget( 'dashboard_recent_drafts', sprintf( __( 'Recent Drafts <a href="%s">View all</a>' ), 'edit.php?post_status=draft' ), 'wp_dashboard_recent_drafts' );
 
 
 	// Primary feed (Dev Blog) Widget
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 			<input type="text" name="post_title" id="title" autocomplete="off" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $post->post_title ); ?>" />
 		</div>
 
-		<div id="add-media-button" class="alignright">
-			<a class="thickbox button" href="<?php echo clean_url( admin_url('media-upload.php?TB_iframe=true') ) ?>" id="add-media-link"><?php _e( 'Insert Media' ); ?></a>
+		<div id="media-buttons" class="hide-if-no-js">
+			<?php do_action( 'media_buttons' ); ?>
 		</div>
 
-		<h4 id="content-label"><label for="content"><?php _e('Post') ?></label></h4>
+		<h4 id="content-label"><label for="content"><?php _e('Content') ?></label></h4>
 		<div class="textarea-wrap">
 			<textarea name="content" id="content" class="mceEditor" rows="3" cols="15"><?php echo $post->post_content; ?></textarea>
 		</div>
@@ -324,14 +324,14 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 		<div class="input-text-wrap">
 			<input type="text" name="tags_input" id="tags-input" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post->ID ); ?>" />
 		</div>
-		<p class='field-tip'><?php _e('Separate tags with commas'); ?></p>
 
 		<p class="submit">
 			<input type="hidden" name="action" id="quickpost-action" value="post-quickpress-save" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="quickpress_post_ID" value="<?php echo (int) $post->ID; ?>" />
 			<?php wp_nonce_field('add-post'); ?>
-			<input type="submit" name="save" id="save-post" class="button alignleft" value="<?php _e('Save Draft'); ?>" />
-			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" class="button button-highlighted alignright" value="<?php _e('Publish'); ?>" />
+			<input type="submit" name="save" id="save-post" class="button" value="<?php _e('Save Draft'); ?>" />
+			<input type="reset" value="<?php _e( 'Cancel' ); ?>" class="cancel" />
+			<input type="submit" name="publish" id="publish" accesskey="p" class="button button-highlighted" value="<?php _e('Publish'); ?>" />
 			<br class="clear" />
 		</p>
 
@@ -362,7 +362,10 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_drafts( $drafts = false ) {
 		foreach ( $drafts as $draft ) {
 			$url = get_edit_post_link( $draft->ID );
 			$title = _draft_or_post_title( $draft->ID );
-			$list[] = '<abbr title="' . get_the_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'), $draft) . '">' . get_the_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $draft ) . "</abbr> <a href='$url' title='" . sprintf( __( 'Edit "%s"' ), attribute_escape( $title ) ) . "'>$title</a>";
+			$item = "<h4><a href='$url' title='" . sprintf( __( 'Edit "%s"' ), attribute_escape( $title ) ) . "'>$title</a> <abbr title='" . get_the_time(__('Y/m/d g:i:s A'), $draft) . "'>" . get_the_time( get_option( 'date_format' ), $draft ) . '</abbr></h4>';
+			if ( $the_content = preg_split( '#\s#', strip_tags( $draft->post_content ), 11, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY ) )
+				$item .= '<p>' . join( ' ', array_slice( $the_content, 0, 10 ) ) . ( 10 < count( $the_content ) ? '&hellip;' : '' ) . '</p>';
+			$list[] = $item;
 		}
 ?>
 	<ul>
@@ -387,7 +390,6 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_comments() {
 ?>
 
 		<div id="the-comment-list" class="list:comment">
-		<p class="view-all"><a href="edit-comments.php"><?php _e( 'View All Comments' ); ?></a></p>
 <?php
 		foreach ( $comments as $comment )
 			_wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( $comment );
@@ -408,26 +410,8 @@ function wp_dashboard_recent_comments() {
 }
 
 function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
-	static $date = false;
-	static $today = false;
-	static $yesterday = false;
-
 	$GLOBALS['comment'] =& $comment;
 
-	if ( $show_date ) {
-		if ( !$today )
-			$today = gmdate( get_option( 'date_format' ), time() + get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) );
-		if ( !$yesterday )
-			$yesterday = gmdate( get_option( 'date_format' ), strtotime( 'yesterday' ) + get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) );
-		$wordy_dates = array( $today => __( 'Today' ), $yesterday => __( 'Yesterday' ) );
-	
-		$comment_date = gmdate( get_option( 'date_format' ), strtotime( $comment->comment_date ) + get_option( 'gmt_offset' ) );
-		if ( $comment_date != $date ) {
-			$date = $comment_date;
-			echo '<h4>' . ( isset( $wordy_dates[$date] ) ? $wordy_dates[$date] : $date ) . ":</h4>\n";
-		}
-	}
-
 	$comment_post_url = get_edit_post_link( $comment->comment_post_ID );
 	$comment_post_title = get_the_title( $comment->comment_post_ID );
 	$comment_post_link = "<a href='$comment_post_url'>$comment_post_title</a>";
@@ -444,10 +428,10 @@ function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
 		$actions['approve'] = "<a href='$approve_url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:unapproved:e7e7d3:e7e7d3:new=approved vim-a' title='" . __( 'Approve this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Approve' ) . '</a>';
 		$actions['unapprove'] = "<a href='$unapprove_url' class='dim:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID:unapproved:e7e7d3:e7e7d3:new=unapproved vim-u' title='" . __( 'Unapprove this comment' ) . "'>" . __( 'Unapprove' ) . '</a>';
 		$actions['edit'] = "<a href='comment.php?action=editcomment&amp;c={$comment->comment_ID}' title='" . __('Edit comment') . "'>". __('Edit') . '</a>';
-		$actions['spam'] = "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1 vim-s vim-destructive' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . __( 'Spam' ) . '</a>';
-		$actions['delete'] = "<a href='$delete_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID delete vim-d vim-destructive'>" . __('Delete') . '</a>';
 		$actions['quickedit'] = '<a onclick="commentReply.open(\''.$comment->comment_ID.'\',\''.$comment->comment_post_ID.'\',\'edit\');return false;" class="vim-q" title="'.__('Quick Edit').'" href="#">' . __('Quick&nbsp;Edit') . '</a>';
 		$actions['reply'] = '<a onclick="commentReply.open(\''.$comment->comment_ID.'\',\''.$comment->comment_post_ID.'\');return false;" class="vim-r hide-if-no-js" title="'.__('Reply to this comment').'" href="#">' . __('Reply') . '</a>';
+		$actions['spam'] = "<a href='$spam_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID::spam=1 vim-s vim-destructive' title='" . __( 'Mark this comment as spam' ) . "'>" . __( 'Spam' ) . '</a>';
+		$actions['delete'] = "<a href='$delete_url' class='delete:the-comment-list:comment-$comment->comment_ID delete vim-d vim-destructive'>" . __('Delete') . '</a>';
 
 		$actions = apply_filters( 'comment_row_actions', $actions, $comment );
 
@@ -458,10 +442,8 @@ function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
 			( ( ('approve' == $action || 'unapprove' == $action) && 2 === $i ) || 1 === $i ) ? $sep = '' : $sep = ' | ';
 
 			// Reply and quickedit need a hide-if-no-js span
-			if ( 'reply' == $action )
+			if ( 'reply' == $action || 'quickedit' == $action )
 				$action .= ' hide-if-no-js';
-			elseif ( 'quickedit' == $action )
-				$action .= ' hide-if-no-js hide-if-js'; // hah
 
 			$actions_string .= "<span class='$action'>$sep$link</span>";
 		}
@@ -472,8 +454,8 @@ function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
 		<div id="comment-<?php echo $comment->comment_ID; ?>" <?php comment_class( array( 'comment-item', wp_get_comment_status($comment->comment_ID) ) ); ?>>
 			<?php if ( !$comment->comment_type || 'comment' == $comment->comment_type ) : ?>
 
-			<?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 32 ); ?>
-			<span class="comment-meta"><?php printf( __( '%1$s in response to %2$s:' ), '<cite>' . get_comment_author() . '</cite>', $comment_post_link ); ?></span>
+			<?php echo get_avatar( $comment, 50 ); ?>
+			<h4 class="comment-meta"><?php printf( __( 'From %1$s on %2$s%3$s' ), '<cite class="comment-author">' . get_comment_author_link() . '</cite>', $comment_post_link, ' <span class="approve">' . __( '[Awaiting Moderation]' ) . '</span>' ); ?></h4>
 
 			<?php
 			else :
@@ -490,7 +472,8 @@ function _wp_dashboard_recent_comments_row( &$comment, $show_date = true ) {
 				$type = wp_specialchars( $type );
 			?>
 
-			<span class="comment-meta"><?php printf( __( '%3$s on %2$s: %1$s' ), '<cite>' . get_comment_author() . '</cite>', $comment_post_link, "<strong>$type</strong>" ); ?></span>
+			<h4 class="comment-meta"><?php printf( __( '%1$s on %2$s' ), "<strong>$type</strong>", $comment_post_link ); ?></h4>
+			<p class="comment-author"><?php comment_author_link(); ?></p>
 
 			<?php endif; // comment_type ?>
 			<blockquote><p><?php comment_excerpt(); ?></p></blockquote>
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 53e299fad9..a36575a2bb 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -1655,18 +1655,18 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 	/*font-weight: bold;*/
 }
 
-#poststuff #media-buttons {
+#media-buttons {
 	cursor: default;
 	padding: 8px 8px 0;
 }
 
-#poststuff #media-buttons a {
+#media-buttons a {
 	cursor: pointer;
 	padding: 0 0 5px 10px;
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
-#poststuff #media-buttons img {
+#media-buttons img {
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 8edc7acdee..e93b69e905 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 
 	$rtl_styles = array( 'global', 'colors', 'dashboard', 'ie', 'install', 'login', 'media', 'theme-editor', 'upload', 'widgets', 'press-this', 'press-this-ie' );
 
-	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081103' );
+	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081105' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'wp-admin', 'rtl', '/wp-admin/rtl.css' );
 
 	$styles->add( 'ie', '/wp-admin/css/ie.css' );
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 	$styles->add( 'global', '/wp-admin/css/global.css', array(), '20081030' );
 	$styles->add( 'media', '/wp-admin/css/media.css', array(), '20080709' );
 	$styles->add( 'widgets', '/wp-admin/css/widgets.css' );
-	$styles->add( 'dashboard', '/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css', array(), '20081030' );
+	$styles->add( 'dashboard', '/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css', array(), '20081105' );
 	$styles->add( 'install', '/wp-admin/css/install.css', array(), '20080708' );
 	$styles->add( 'theme-editor', '/wp-admin/css/theme-editor.css' );
 	$styles->add( 'press-this', '/wp-admin/css/press-this.css', array(), '20080922' );