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The admin app and the applicant, assessor and verifier portal have a new frame. Every page, menu
item and permission is where it was, with the same name.

## What's new

- **A full-height menu.** On a computer the menu runs the full height of the window, with your
  organisation's name or logo at the top. The top bar sits over the page only.
- **Your name at the foot of the menu.** On a computer, your name and role are at the bottom of the
  menu. In the admin app it opens your account menu, which now also holds the organisation
  switcher; in the portal it opens `My profile`. On a phone or tablet your name stays at the right
  of the top bar.
- **Icons and counts.** Each menu item has an icon, and a count of what is waiting on someone shows
  in red.
- **A quieter top bar.** Search is a box with its shortcut (`⌘K` on a Mac, `Ctrl K` elsewhere),
  and the bell and `Help` are square buttons. In the admin app the `Light` and `Dark` switch is now
  one button in the top bar, beside `Help`. See
  [Getting started as an administrator](../../administrator/getting-started/getting-started-as-an-administrator.md).