diff --git a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
index 0a24dc90cf..4410fdf3db 100644
--- a/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
+++ b/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css
@@ -91,6 +91,112 @@ div.postbox div.inside {
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
+/* Right Now */
+
+#dashboard_right_now p.sub, #dashboard_right_now .table, #dashboard_right_now .versions {
+	margin: -10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .inside {
+	font-family: Georgia, serif;
+	font-size: 14px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now p.sub {
+	font-style: italic;
+	padding: 5px 10px 15px;
+	color: #777;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .table {
+	background: #f9f9f9;
+	border-top: #ececec 1px solid;
+	border-bottom: #ececec 1px solid;
+	margin: 0 -9px 10px;
+	padding: 0 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now table {
+	width: 100%;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now table  td {
+	border-top: #ececec 1px solid;
+	padding: 3px 0;
+	white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now table tr.first td {
+	border-top: none;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now  a {
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .b, #dashboard_right_now .b a {
+	color: #2583ad;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now td.b {
+	padding-right: 6px;
+	text-align: right;
+	font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", Times, serif;
+	font-size: 14px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now td.b a {
+	font-size: 18px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .t {
+	font-size: 12px;
+	padding-right: 12px;
+	color: #777;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now td.first,
+#dashboard_right_now td.last {
+	width: 1px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .spam {
+	color: red;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .waiting {
+	color: orange;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .approved {
+	color: green;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .versions {
+	line-height: 2.5em;
+	padding: 10px;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now .versions {
+	font-style: italic;
+	font-size: 12px;
+}
+
+#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;
+}
+
+#dashboard_right_now a.button {
+	font-weight: normal;
+	float: right;
+	clear: right;
+	position: relative;
+	top: -5px;
+	
+}
+
 /* Recent Comments */
 
 #the-comment-list {
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 43cba708b9..0b4d54d26f 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -163,16 +163,16 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 
 	$num_comm = get_comment_count( );
 
-	echo '<p>' . __('At a Glance') . '</p>';
-	echo '<table>';
-	echo '<tr>';
+	echo "\n\t".'<p class="sub">' . __('At a Glance') . '</p>';
+	echo "\n\t".'<div class="table">'."\n\t".'<table>';
+	echo "\n\t".'<tr class="first">';
 
 	// Posts
 	$num = number_format_i18n( $num_posts->publish );
 	if ( current_user_can( 'edit_posts' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit.php'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Post', 'Posts', $num_posts->publish ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="first b b-posts">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="t posts">' . __ngettext( 'Post', 'Posts', $num_posts->publish ) . '</td>';
 	/* TODO: Show status breakdown on hover
 	if ( $can_edit_pages && !empty($num_pages->publish) ) { // how many pages is not exposed in feeds.  Don't show if !current_user_can
 		$post_type_texts[] = '<a href="edit-pages.php">'.sprintf( __ngettext( '%s page', '%s pages', $num_pages->publish ), number_format_i18n( $num_pages->publish ) ).'</a>';
@@ -194,8 +194,8 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 	$num = number_format_i18n($num_comm['total_comments']);
 	if ( current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-comments.php'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Comment', 'Comments', $num_comm['total_comments'] ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="b b-comments">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="last t comments">' . __ngettext( 'Comment', 'Comments', $num_comm['total_comments'] ) . '</td>';
 
 	echo '</tr><tr>';
 
@@ -203,65 +203,69 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 	$num = number_format_i18n( $num_pages->publish );
 	if ( current_user_can( 'edit_pages' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-pages.php'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Page', 'Pages', $num_pages->publish ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="first b b_pages">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="t pages">' . __ngettext( 'Page', 'Pages', $num_pages->publish ) . '</td>';
 
 	// Approved Comments
 	$num = number_format_i18n($num_comm['approved']);
 	if ( current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-comments.php?comment_status=approved'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Approved', 'Approved', $num_comm['approved'] ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="b b_approved">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="last t approved">' . __ngettext( 'Approved', 'Approved', $num_comm['approved'] ) . '</td>';
 
-	echo '</tr><tr>';
+	echo "</tr>\n\t<tr>";
 
 	// Categories
 	$num = number_format_i18n( $num_cats );
 	if ( current_user_can( 'manage_categories' ) )
-		$num = "<a href='categories.php'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Category', 'Categories', $num_cats ) . '</td>';
+		$num = "<a href='caftegories.php'>$num</a>";
+	echo '<td class="first b b-cats">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="t cats">' . __ngettext( 'Category', 'Categories', $num_cats ) . '</td>';
 
 	// Spam Comments
 	$num = number_format_i18n($num_comm['spam']);
 	if ( current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-comments.php?comment_status=spam'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Spam', 'Spam', $num_comm['spam'] ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="b b-spam">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="last t spam">' . __ngettext( 'Spam', 'Spam', $num_comm['spam'] ) . '</td>';
 
-	echo '</tr><tr>';
+	echo "</tr>\n\t<tr>";
 
 	// Tags
 	$num = number_format_i18n( $num_tags );
 	if ( current_user_can( 'manage_categories' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-tags.php'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Tag', 'Tags', $num_tags ) . '</td>';
+	echo '<td class="first b b-tags">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="t tags">' . __ngettext( 'Tag', 'Tags', $num_tags ) . '</td>';
 
 	// Pending Comments
 	$num = number_format_i18n($num_comm['awaiting_moderation']);
 	if ( current_user_can( 'moderate_comments' ) )
 		$num = "<a href='edit-comments.php?comment_status=moderated'>$num</a>";
-	echo "<td>$num</td>";
-	echo '<td>' . __ngettext( 'Pending', 'Pending', $num_comm['awaiting_moderation'] ) . '</td>';
-
-	echo '</tr></table>';	
+	echo '<td class="b b-waiting">'.$num.'</td>';
+	echo '<td class="last t waiting">' . __ngettext( 'Awaiting Moderation', 'Awaiting Moderation', $num_comm['awaiting_moderation'] ) . '</td>';
 
+  echo "</tr>\n\t</table>\n\t</div>";
+  
+  echo "\n\t".'<div class="versions">';
 	$ct = current_theme_info();
 	$sidebars_widgets = wp_get_sidebars_widgets();
 	$num_widgets = array_reduce( $sidebars_widgets, create_function( '$prev, $curr', 'return $prev+count($curr);' ), 0 );
 	$num = number_format_i18n( $num_widgets );
-	if ( $can_switch_themes = current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) )
-		$num = "<a href='widgets.php'>$num</a>";
 
-	echo '<p>';
-	printf(__ngettext('Theme %1$s with %2$s Widget', 'Theme %1$s with %2$s Widgets', $num_widgets), $ct->title, $num);
-	if ( $can_switch_themes )
-		echo ' <a href="themes.php" class="rbutton">' . __('Change Theme') . '</a>';
+	echo "\n\t<p>";
+	if ( current_user_can( 'switch_themes' ) ) {
+		echo '<a href="themes.php" class="button rbutton">' . __('Change Theme') . '</a>';
+		printf(__ngettext('Theme <span class="b"><a href="themes.php">%1$s</a></span> with <span class="b"><a href="widgets.php">%2$s Widget</a></span>', 'Theme <span class="b"><a href="themes.php">%1$s</a></span> with <span class="b"><a href="widgets.php">%2$s Widgets</a></span>', $num_widgets), $ct->title, $num);
+	} else {
+		printf(__ngettext('Theme <span class="b">%1$s</span> with <span class="b">%2$s Widget</span>', 'Theme <span class="b">%1$s</span> with <span class="b">%2$s Widgets</span>', $num_widgets), $ct->title, $num);
+	}
+		
 	echo '</p>';
 
 	update_right_now_message();
 
+  echo "\n\t".'</div>';
 	do_action( 'rightnow_end' );
 	do_action( 'activity_box_end' );
 }
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/update.php b/wp-admin/includes/update.php
index 1429d8126b..4343c6c1ba 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/update.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/update.php
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@ function update_nag() {
 function update_right_now_message() {
 	$cur = get_option( 'update_core' );
 
-	$msg = sprintf( __('This is WordPress version %s.'), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
+	$msg = sprintf( __('You are using <span class="b">WordPress %s</span>.'), $GLOBALS['wp_version'] );
 	if ( isset( $cur->response ) && $cur->response == 'upgrade' && current_user_can('manage_options') )
-		$msg .= " <a href='update.php?action=upgrade-core' class='rbutton'>" . sprintf( __('Update to %s'), $cur->current ? $cur->current : __( 'Latest' ) ) . '</a>';
+		$msg .= " <a href='update.php?action=upgrade-core' class='button'>" . sprintf( __('Update to %s'), $cur->current ? $cur->current : __( 'Latest' ) ) . '</a>';
 
 	echo "<span id='wp-version-message'>$msg</span>";
 }
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 652a1f18cc..d415efdf9e 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ function wp_default_styles( &$styles ) {
 	$styles->add( 'global', '/wp-admin/css/global.css', array(), '20081029' );
 	$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(), '20081008' );
+	$styles->add( 'dashboard', '/wp-admin/css/dashboard.css', array(), '20081030' );
 	$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' );