diff --git a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
index 9db7e4e46c..6815d57f0a 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 html {
 	background-color: #f9f9f9;
 }
@@ -128,6 +127,10 @@ h3.info-box-title,
 	background-color: #dfdfdf;
 }
 
+.metabox-holder {
+	color: #777;
+}
+
 .form-table tr,
 .form-wrap .form-field {
 	background-color: #f9f9f9;
@@ -160,10 +163,14 @@ ul#widget-list li.widget-list-item h4.widget-title {
 	background-color: #ccf3fa;
 }
 
-.ac_match, .subsubsub a.current, h2 {
+.ac_match, .subsubsub a.current {
 	color: #000;
 }
 
+.wrap h2 {
+	color: #464646;
+}
+
 .ac_over {
 	background-color: #f0f0b8;
 }
@@ -594,12 +601,12 @@ li.widget-list-control-item h4,
 }
 
 .ui-sortable .postbox h3 {
-	color: #555;
+	color: #464646;
 }
 
 .ui-sortable .postbox h3:hover {
 	color: #000;
-} 
+}
 
 .curtime #timestamp {
 	background-image: url(../images/date-button.gif);
@@ -1218,3 +1225,7 @@ div.star.select:hover {
 .ui-sortable .postbox:hover .handlediv {
 	background: transparent url(../images/menu-bits.gif) no-repeat scroll left -111px;
 }
+
+#major-publishing-actions, #dashboard_quick_press .submit {
+	background: #eaf2fa;
+}
diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 927ed27a4b..90c41b59a7 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -88,11 +88,11 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 
 #dashboard_right_now p.sub, #dashboard_right_now .table, #dashboard_right_now .versions {
 	margin: -10px;
+	font-family: Georgia, serif;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now .inside {
-	font-family: Georgia, serif;
-	font-size: 14px;
+	font-size: 12px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now p.sub {
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 #dashboard_right_now .t {
 	font-size: 12px;
 	padding-right: 12px;
+	padding-top: 6px;
 	color: #777;
 }
 
@@ -162,19 +163,18 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now .versions {
-	line-height: 2.5em;
-	padding: 10px;
+	padding: 6px 10px 12px;
 }
 
-#dashboard_right_now .versions {
+#dashboard_right_now .versions, #dashboard_right_now .versions p {
 	font-style: italic;
-	font-size: 12px;
+	font-size: 13px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now .versions a, #dashboard_right_now .versions .b {
 	font-style: normal;
 	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;;
-	font-weight: bold;
+	font-size: 12px;
 }
 
 #dashboard_right_now a.button {
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	clear: right;
 	position: relative;
 	top: -5px;
-	
+	padding: 2px 11px;	
 }
 
 /* Recent Comments */
@@ -243,6 +243,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 #the-comment-list .comment-item p.comment-actions {
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 0;
+	font-size: 11px;
 }
 
 #the-comment-list .approve a {
@@ -283,8 +284,7 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 }
 
 #dashboard-widgets #dashboard_quick_press form p.submit {
-	border-top: 1px solid;
-	padding: 1em 1em 1em 5em;
+	padding: .8em .8em .8em 5.3em;
 	margin: 0 -10px -10px;
 }
 
@@ -333,6 +333,15 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	list-style: none;
 }
 
+a.rsswidget {
+	font-size: 13px;
+	line-height: 1.7em;
+}
+
+.rss-widget ul li {
+	line-height: 1.4em;
+}
+
 .rss-widget span.rss-date {
 	font-family: Georgia, serif;
 }
@@ -357,6 +366,11 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	line-height: 1.4em;
 }
 
+#dashboard_plugins h5 a {
+	font-weight: normal;
+	line-height: 1.7em;
+}
+
 #dashboard_plugins p {
 	margin: 0 0 1em;
 	line-height: 1.5em;
diff --git a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
index 58c1e01f3d..e2aaee01ba 100644
--- a/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
+++ b/wp-admin/wp-admin.css
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	clear: both;
 }
 
+p, ul, ol, blockquote { font-size: 12px; }
+
 .plugins .name,
 #pass-strength-result.strong,
 #pass-strength-result.short,
@@ -198,8 +200,6 @@ kbd, code {
 }
 
 .submit {
-	border-top-style: solid;
-	border-top-width: 1px;
 	padding: 1.5em 0;
 	margin: 5px 0;
 	-moz-border-radius: 0 0 3px 3px;
@@ -212,16 +212,21 @@ kbd, code {
 }
 
 form p.submit .cancel {
-	padding-left: 0;
-	padding-right: 0;
+	padding: 3px 0 0;
 	border: none;
 	background: transparent;
-	text-decoration: underline;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid red;
 	color: red;
+	-moz-border-radius: 0;
+	-webkit-border-radius: 0;
+	-khtml-border-radius: 0;
+	border-radius: 0;
 }
 
 form p.submit .cancel:hover {
 	text-decoration: none;
+	background: red;
+	color: #fff;
 }
 
 .submit-top {
@@ -266,9 +271,9 @@ form p.submit .cancel:hover {
 }
 
 #major-publishing-actions {
-	background: #eaf2fa;
 	padding: 6px;
 	clear: both;
+	border-top: none;
 }
 
 #minor-publishing-actions input,
@@ -342,7 +347,7 @@ form p.submit .cancel:hover {
 #postcustomstuff .submit input {
 	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
 	text-decoration: none;
-	font-size: 11px;
+	font-size: 11px !important;
 	line-height: 16px;
 	padding: 2px 8px;
 	cursor: pointer;
@@ -934,6 +939,7 @@ ul#adminmenu li.write-new-button a {
 
 #adminmenu li.wp-menu-open .wp-submenu {
 	display: block;
+	font-family: "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
 }
 
 #adminmenu div.wp-menu-image {
@@ -1617,10 +1623,15 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 	cursor: move;
 }
 
+.hndle a {
+	font-size: 11px;
+	font-weight: normal;
+}
+
 .ui-sortable .postbox .handlediv {
 	float: right;
-	width: 24px;
-	height: 24px;
+	width: 23px;
+	height: 27px;
 }
 
 .sortable-placeholder {
@@ -1633,9 +1644,10 @@ table.form-table td .updated {
 .metabox-holder h3 {
 	font-size: 12px;
 	font-weight: bold;
-	padding: 6px 7px;
+	padding: 7px 9px;
 	margin: 0 0 10px;
 	line-height: 1;
+	text-shadow: #fff 0 1px 0;
 }
 
 .metabox-holder .postbox,
@@ -2170,7 +2182,7 @@ fieldset {
 	line-height: 2;
 	margin: 0;
 	padding: 4px 8px;
-	font: 18px "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;;
+	font: 18px "Lucida Grande", "Lucida Sans Unicode", Tahoma, Verdana, sans-serif;
 }
 
 #wp_editbtns {
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index cabb2a3729..43eb1fc1c6 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -301,20 +301,20 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 
 	$rtl_styles = array( 'global', 'colors', 'dashboard', 'ie', 'install', 'login', 'media', 'theme-editor', 'upload', 'widgets', 'press-this', 'press-this-ie', 'plugin-install', 'farbtastic' );
 
-	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081112b' );
+	$styles->add( 'wp-admin', '/wp-admin/wp-admin.css', array(), '20081113' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'wp-admin', 'rtl', '/wp-admin/rtl.css' );
 
 	$styles->add( 'ie', '/wp-admin/css/ie.css' );
 	$styles->add_data( 'ie', 'conditional', 'gte IE 6' );
 
 	$styles->add( 'colors', true ); // Register "meta" stylesheet for admin colors
-	$styles->add( 'colors-fresh', '/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css', array(), '20081109'); // for login.php.  Is there a better way?
+	$styles->add( 'colors-fresh', '/wp-admin/css/colors-fresh.css', array(), '20081113'); // for login.php.  Is there a better way?
 	$styles->add_data( 'colors-fresh', 'rtl', true );
 
 	$styles->add( 'global', '/wp-admin/css/global.css', array(), '20081106' );
 	$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(), '20081110' );
+	$styles->add( 'dashboard', '/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css', array(), '20081113' );
 	$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' );