I’ve found that it’s not that hard to get a list of the recent posts (you can just redirect the WP Development Blog widget, for instance, to point do your own blog feed). The one little thing I miss is that “edit” link next to the recent post, so I can jump in to the editor.
It really comes down to the workflow to which I’ve become accustomed – it makes editing a recent post a 2-click (plus some scrolling) affair, rather than one. A minor inconvenience, to be sure.
Scottorama, thanks. I messed with those a bit. Otto42, I’ll give that a shot sometime. I really don’t want to mess with the dashboard much – just want the most recent 5 posts with a little “Edit” link next to ’em. Like it used to be.
Given that a third-party plugin seems to be needed to do this stuff, the WP devs are apparently working with a definition of “customizable dashboard” that is somewhat at variance to mine.
