The release of WordPress 4.1 was rescheduled to Wednesday December 17, 2014. The newest release includes a distraction free writing feature which should help many bloggers. Plugin and theme developers will also find some new template tags. WordPress has a post regarding “field notes” which should be read by developers.
Various issues which came up over the weekend have meant that we’ve decided to delay the release of 4.1 by another 24 hours.