[wp-hackers] has anyone looked at making Edit panels 'simpler' for novices?

[David Chait]

for novice users, there's too much on screen on one hand, and on another
 hand the new/cool AJAX boxes can be really confusing.

 At the least, I'd love a way to specifically set which blocks are shown,
 what order, and open/close state.  (This should really be stuff under
 writing options, checkboxes or enable/disable like plugins, for each 'edit
 page module', plus maybe a 'force all open' option as well...).

 just musing... ;)


 I thought some of this was discussed when the new ajaxified UI was rolled
 out, but a quick search of my email archives resulted in either no hits or
 way too many... :)

 -d