>First off, I like the new "last 10..." pane on the right.
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>I would like to suggest that you make then collapsible. I use a javascript to create this effect. On my site, you will see a bar between the menu on the left and the list of articles. When clicked the menu section will collapse. If this is something you may be interested in, email me, and I will shoot you the code.

We had that for the dashboard. There used to be an icon at the top which was making it disappearing as a toogle. But, this has been removed as that left side has to be visible at all time. We still support the 0 value for those who wish to have it invisible. As for the right side, for now, there is an option to turn that OFF in the profile.