We just posted this on our Status Blog, but thought we’d post it here as well. Our Status Blog is mainly for clients that are hosted with us. More on that later. For now, here’s the WordPress 3.5 announcement :

There’s a new version of WordPress due out today. WordPress 3.5 includes many new features. We’re excited to roll this out to our clients and will be automatically updating their sites across our network. If you need help upgrading your WordPress site to 3.5, send us a support ticket via our helpdesk.

Here’s a short list what’s new (via WordPress.org) :

• Appearance: A simplified welcome screen. A new color picker. And the all-HiDPI (retina) dashboard.
• Accessibility: Keyboard navigation and screen reader support have both been improved.
• Plugins: You can browse and install plugins you’ve marked as favorites on WordPress.org, directly from your dashboard.
• Mobile: It’ll be easier to link up your WordPress install with our mobile apps, as XML-RPC is now enabled by default.
• Links: We’ve hidden the Link Manager for new installs. (Don’t worry, there’s a plugin for that.)

WPMU Dev posted a preview of the media uploader in August – here’s a great presentation of the medi uploader while in planning stages –

 

As always – you can follow Arrow Root Media on twitter for the latest

And there’s always the off chance that the release can be delayed – but we’re optimistic.