You may have noticed some changes to ArcGIS Online today as last night we released an update. Have a look at this blog post to get a sense of what's new.
And just to show I'm not "The Whiner", Kudos to the new Metadata Tool! Just turned it on, and any plans I had for the rest of the week are now re-arranged to upload XML metdata into AGOL! Way Cool AGOL Team!