Incase you missed the big news back in September, there are some major things happening in lieue of Drupal 7's imminent release - specifically related to making it easier than ever to use.
The video above introduces Aquia's new 'Drupal Gardens' project; which will provide a hosted-Drupal platform that people can create sites with very very very easily, aided by a custom theming engine which seems to work very much like Squarespace's.
it looks like Drupal Gardens won't be available to the public until Drupal 7, and the base set of modules Acquia chooses to include with it, are stable. When it is out though, I perceive Drupal suddenly becoming much more attractive [or just less daunting?] to graphic designers, hobbyists, and developers who want to make quick-turnaround, simple Drupal sites.
Imagine - finally being able to have a Drupal-run site without worrying about what modules you need to build it, or any considerations of database/hosting/code stuff. Of course, they haven't yet announced how updates or feature advancements will be handled by their central hosting platform, let alone the module set that their hosted Drupal Garden sites come with.
