New Features in Wordpress 2.8.4

Here are the list of Newly added features to WordPress in it’s latest version 2.8.4.

New Theme Installer routines
Add CodePress syntax highlighting to Theme and Plugin editors
Add Documentation(function) lookup to Theme and Plugin editors
Use “Custom Header” for menu text and revise Default theme to reflect change
Separate Comments into a separate postbox, from Discussion postbox, on the Edit Post screen
Make tags accessible without Javascript on the edit screen
Don’t ask for confirmation when marking a comment as spam
Don’t notify post author of own comments
Fix comment paging for static front page
Allow the dashboard widgets to be arranged in up to four columns as set via the Screen Options tab
Make titles into links in Dashboard Right Now module (this was in 2.7.1)
Improved Admin icons (grey-to-transparent shadows)
Update Blue Admin Color Scheme
Press This improvements UI, quoting fixes, plus ability for Contributors to use Press This
Add a Cancel Upload button and a Delete link to Administration > Media > Add New
Add column “Rating” in Administration > Links > Edit
Improve installer to help people entering wrong email addresses
Improved Widget user interface
Allow editing of all plugin files (Ticket 6732)
Improved Plugin search (this was in 2.7.1) on Administration > Plugins > Add New
Per Page option for plugins
Move “Install a plugin in .zip format” to new Upload tab under Administration > Plugins > Add New
Show absolute date instead of relative date for scheduled posts
Fix tags suggest for post quick edit and bulk edit
Permalink editor changes and fix for pages
Autosave post/page when pressing Control/Command+S
Add toggle all button to the Gallery tab in the uploader
Support more than one gallery on the same page
Add per page option to Screen Options for comments, posts, pages, media, categories, and tags
Overhaul of LiveJournal importer (also add define WP_IMPORTING)
Import category descriptions for Administration > Tools > Import > WordPress
Show Tools menu for all users so they can access Turbo
Check for new version when visiting Administration > Tools > Upgrade
In upgrade process, provide better explanation for database upgrade message
Fix most popular link category list
Add description field for Tags in Administration > Posts > Tags
WAI-ARIA landmark roles to added to WordPress Default theme
“Choose a city in the same timezone as you” for Timezone in Administration > Settings > General
Remove My Hacks option from Administration > Settings > Miscellaneous
Hide email addresses from low privilege users on Administration > Comments
Allow case-insensitive logins
Login and Registration pages noindex followed
Give login screen proper iPhone viewport
Enforce unique email addresses in Add/Edit users
Make user_nicenames unique during registration
Add “Send this password to the new user by email” option to Administration > Users > Add New
Don’t set user’s Website url to http:// in Administration > Users > Add New
Add password strength meter to Add User and Edit User
Hide things that need to be available to screen readers via offscreen positioning
Use invisible class for hiding labels and legends
Use a semantic class name for text targeted to screen readers