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I am amazed at the people suddenly wanting to redesign the Joomla 1.6 administrator interface.

First of all, good for you. There's generally no controversy that Joomla's admin needs redesign. The 1.0 to 1.5 interface made some nice changes, but there's definitely more that can be done.

Second of all, you all know that Joomla 1.6 beta was due out in August 2009? And that most recently, the beta was due out in March 2010? So it's a little late to be getting on board to be "the design" for the admin interface. The decision was made long ago as to what the interface would look like, so the work you're doing now will not be incorporated in the core of Joomla 1.6.

So -- if you'd like to contribute to the Joomla 1.6 project, please go to the Official Joomla 1.6 Development page, read it thoroughly, and follow the links to resources where you can help with Joomla 1.6.

There are a lot of areas that need help -- from bug testing to development. Have fun, and thanks for your contribution!