The current default dashboard is far from useful. It needs to be more graphical and give guidance to new users. We need to change it from scary to welcoming and useful, especially for content-managers, not just developers installing it.
It is important to note that the default dashboard will contain both core and third-party widgets. The third-party widgets will be screenshots of the widgets to give the user an idea of how the dashboard could be.
Third-party Extras, represented by screenshots
The current dashboard always has text-only title and widgets are designed as blocks with borders, always including a title. The new dashboard will move things around to create a slicker environment:
Supplemented with the new widgets, the dashboard will be a joy to watch.
