Blender 2.30 released!

Ton has announced the immediate availability of Blender 2.30 over at blender.org. This version is the first one in which development is completely focused on improving the Blender UI. This is what he had to say about this major release:

"Welcome to this first release of the 2.3x series! Based on feedback and research the past months, we've finally started with updating and improving Blender's interface. Most of the work has been in good old code cleaning and reorganizing, in adding complete new UI functionality and in a thorough information design process to make both navigating and learning Blender easier. The "looks" has changed as well, matching better with contemporary desktop environments. Work on all of this is still in progress, expect more updates in upcoming releases."

The changelog of this version can be found here, and the binaries can be found either here (if you live in the EU) or here (if you live in the US).

Happy Blendering!