Hey everyone,
Some technical issues sidelined me for a bit, as Linux, my PC, and code issues stalled my progress. That's what makes this endeavor exciting though, right?
Anyway, in the next week, I hope to get some changes implemented in the menus, starting with Drupal and working my way through. The hope is that the menu layout will remain the same in Drupal, Joomla! and the Standalone with the changes being to the look and feel of the menu.

I have already done some preliminary work on the menus and I have an idea of how I see the changes being implemented. Now, it's time to dig into the code and make the changes work within CiviCRM. The plan is to have a sandbox up with the menu changes implemented by the end of the week so I can gather feedback on the changes.