Dear Wordpress: please change these things back

I like the new Wordpress, but there are a couple of features that are really getting on my last nerve:

• The permalink saves as soon as you start typing the entry. I never choose a title before writing the post. This means the permalink saves as “http://bluemushrooms.com/876″ and I have to edit it after I write the title. It never used to save until you actually his “save” or publish, no matter how many times it “saved” a draft. This is an extra step I don’t need in my day.
• Bring back time of day in the Manage Posts screen. I’m not sure why they think I don’t need to know what hour my posts went up at a glance, but I do. I rely on that screen to keep from posting things, like, 30 seconds apart (which I did last week, despite it, but that was my bad). Now I have to go into the posts to see what time they are, then come back out to Manage Posts and hope I remember which one was which hour so I can figure out how they’re publishing in relation to each other.

Other interface changes I don’t like but can live with:

• Categories at the bottom of the write post page. Why? Sometimes I could write a whole post without ever scrolling, but now that’s impossible.
• The Delete button is right next to Save in Edit Post? C’mon, back in 1997 they knew that was always a bad idea.

I’m posting all this at the forum, too.

1. Some fixes for Wordpress 2.5 annoyances
2. Tweaks to fix annoying Wordpress 2.5 backend
3. Wordpress 2.9 “missed schedule” future posts error
4. How to sort posts by author in the newer, stupider Wordpress
5. Make Wordpress ping only when a new post really goes live

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