4.1 development is under way

WordPress 4.1 development is under way. See the release schedule for the key dates.

Here’s an overview of the headline features for this release. If you’d like to get involved with mockups, design, development, documentation, testing – anything really – see the users and tickets listed below each item.

• Further work on the editor focus which was introduced in 4.0, and DFW. Here are the initial ideas from yesterday’s chat.
  @MarkJaquith @azaozz @avryl
  #29806
• Improve the performance of dropdown menus of users and posts (ie. the page parent selector), most likely by implementing Select2.
  @helen and @ericlewis
  #19867
• UIUI User interface on the user profile screen which displays a user’s logged in sessions and allows them to be logged out.
  @johnbillion @DrewAPicture @aaronjorbin
  Repo: https://github.com/johnbillion/wp-session-manager/
  Awaiting ticketticket Created for both bug reports and feature development on the bug tracker..
• New default theme, Twenty Fifteen.
  @iamtakashi @obenland @iandstewart
  #29799
• Improved UI for installing and updating plugins and themes (async installation), possibly coreCore Core is the set of software required to run WordPress. The Core Development Team builds WordPress. too.
  @nacin @pento (by proxy) @melchoyce
  Not yet. Prior art here
• Improvements to media management on mobile devices.
  @rboren
  Awaiting tickets based on Ryan’s reports here
• Ability to install new languages after install.
  @SergeyBiryukov @ocean90 @johnbillion
  #29395
• MetaMeta Meta is a term that refers to the inside workings of a group. For us, this is the team that works on internal WordPress sites like WordCamp Central and Make WordPress., Date, and Tax Query improvements.
  @boonebgorges
  More details here

Other areas which will receive attention during this release:

• Early stages of our taxonomy roadmap, mainly related with @boonmgorges‘s work on query improvements.
• Accessiblity improvements in conjunction with the accessibilityAccessibility Accessibility (commonly shortened to a11y) refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people with disabilities. The concept of accessible design ensures both “direct access” (i.e. unassisted) and “indirect access” meaning compatibility with a person’s assistive technology (for example, computer screen readers). (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accessibility) team.

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