Joomla! 1.5 UI elements I do NOT like

The menu item parameters (not shown in full here) are a mess!
No real visual separation (like fieldsets), way too many options
all in one place, not enough explanations as to what all these settings will do
(try to explain Category Order + Primary Order results to someone..),
this really needs some work still (and is not final, I know) -it's a beta, baby :)


Already requested, not (yet?) done:
change the meaningless date selector button graphic above [...]
to something visual like this:

or anything else that looks like a calendar / date selector.


The Copy icon is much too pale, almost invisible on my laptop!
Just boost the edges / outlines slightly?!

The mix of underlined text and yellow warning icons in Configuration.
How is the user supposed to know he can rollover these icons to get a tooltip about the warning? The tooltip should be provided by the text label, same as for all other settings.

Personally, I don't like the grouping in the Configuration screens into just 4 items:
Site, Users, Content and Server.
It is NOT clear where to look for certain things, what would each of Site, Content or Server include?
Why is Statistics not under Content?
Why are Feeds considered Content, and not Site?
There's room enough in the submenus to provide a few more links to settings such as
SEO: Metadata and SEF URL usage or not..

Joomla! 1.5 Section editing

Showcasing
* the new modal popup to upload a new image for the section;
* the new styled confirmation message when you "Apply" to save current edits;
* an empty "link to menu" parameter??

Joomla! 1.5 beta Frontend editing

New cleaner look of frontend article editing.
Note the missing image tab / details..

Joomla! 1.5 beta Article Statistics screen

Again, note the sortable columns (by clicking headers)
and the ability to filter display by various criteria...
In order to have access to these details, obviously you
need to enable stats in (global) Configuration.

Also, note some of the titles for the new default content,
which explains many things about the beta, advised to
install in your test install!!

Joomla! 1.5 beta User details

Screen when you edit user settings in admin.
Notice the options on a per-user basis to select
* backend language
* frontend language
(depending on installed lang. packs)
* the WYSIWYG editor! this is often overlooked:
you install (as admin) a new editor plugin,
set it as default in global config, and nothing changes
when you edit an article? => enable in your own profile!
* Help site lets you access Help content in other languages.