diff --git a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
index 25a8221215..d0c87b4d32 100644
--- a/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
+++ b/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
@@ -441,6 +441,13 @@ case 'autosave-generate-nonces' :
 	}
 	die('0');
 break;
+case 'closed-postboxes' :
+	check_ajax_referer( $action );
+	$closed = explode(',', $_POST['closed']);
+	if (!is_array($closed)) break;
+	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
+	update_usermeta($current_user->ID, 'closedpostboxes', $closed);
+break;
 default :
 	do_action( 'wp_ajax_' . $_POST['action'] );
 	die('0');
diff --git a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
index a59d3fad43..7e4768eed2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
+++ b/wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ else
 	echo clean_url(stripslashes(wp_get_referer()));
 ?>" /></p>
 
-<div id="tagsdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="tagsdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('tagsdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Tags'); ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <p id="jaxtag"><input type="text" name="tags_input" class="tags-input" id="tags-input" size="40" tabindex="3" value="<?php echo get_tags_to_edit( $post_ID ); ?>" /></p>
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ else
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="categorydiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="categorydiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('categorydiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Categories') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <p id="jaxcat"><?php wp_nonce_field( 'add-category', '_ajax_nonce', false ); ?></p>
@@ -140,12 +140,12 @@ if (current_user_can('upload_files') && false) {
 
 <h2><?php _e('Advanced Options'); ?></h2>
 
-<div id="postexcerpt" class="postbox">
+<div id="postexcerpt" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('postexcerpt'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Optional Excerpt') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside"><textarea rows="1" cols="40" name="excerpt" tabindex="6" id="excerpt"><?php echo $post->post_excerpt ?></textarea></div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="trackbacksdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="trackbacksdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('trackbacksdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Trackbacks') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <?php _e('Send trackbacks to:'); ?> <?php echo $form_trackback; ?> (<?php _e('Separate multiple URLs with spaces'); ?>)
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ if ( ! empty($pings) )
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="postcustom" class="postbox">
+<div id="postcustom" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('postcustom'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Custom Fields') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <div id="postcustomstuff">
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 
 <?php do_action('dbx_post_advanced'); ?>
 
-<div id="commentstatusdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="commentstatusdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('commentstatusdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Discussion') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <input name="advanced_view" type="hidden" value="1" />
@@ -188,21 +188,21 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="passworddiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="passworddiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('passworddiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Post Password') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <input name="post_password" type="text" size="13" id="post_password" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $post->post_password ); ?>" />
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="slugdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="slugdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('slugdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Post Slug') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <input name="post_name" type="text" size="13" id="post_name" value="<?php echo attribute_escape( $post->post_name ); ?>" />
 </div>
 </div>
 
-<div id="poststatusdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="poststatusdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('poststatusdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Post Status') ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <?php if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') ) : ?>
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ list_meta($metadata);
 </div>
 
 <?php if ( current_user_can('edit_posts') ) : ?>
-<div id="posttimestampdiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="posttimestampdiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('posttimestampdiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Post Timestamp'); ?></h3>
 <div class="inside"><?php touch_time(($action == 'edit')); ?></div>
 </div>
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ if ( $post->post_author && !in_array($post->post_author, $authors) )
 	$authors[] = $post->post_author;
 if ( $authors && count( $authors ) > 1 ) :
 ?>
-<div id="authordiv" class="postbox">
+<div id="authordiv" class="postbox <?php echo postbox_classes('authordiv'); ?>">
 <h3><?php _e('Post Author'); ?></h3>
 <div class="inside">
 <?php wp_dropdown_users( array('include' => $authors, 'name' => 'post_author_override', 'selected' => empty($post_ID) ? $user_ID : $post->post_author) ); ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/post.php b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
index c8bada430d..ac0f8aadc2 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/post.php
@@ -513,4 +513,11 @@ function wp_edit_posts_query( $q = false ) {
 	return array($post_stati, $avail_post_stati);
 }
 
+function postbox_classes( $id ) {
+	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
+	$closed = get_usermeta( $current_user->ID, 'closedpostboxes' );
+	if ( !is_array( $closed ) ) return '';
+	return in_array( $id, $closed )? 'closed' : '';
+}
+
 ?>
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/post.js b/wp-admin/js/post.js
index 6c8cbfaff2..1b31478fce 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/post.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/post.js
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ function tag_update_quickclicks() {
 		}
 	});
 	if ( shown )
-		jQuery( '#tagchecklist' ).prepend( '<strong>Tags used on this post:</strong><br />' );
+		jQuery( '#tagchecklist' ).prepend( '<strong>'+postL10n.tagsUsed+'</strong><br />' );
 }
 
 function tag_flush_to_text() {
@@ -54,30 +54,40 @@ function tag_press_key( e ) {
 
 function add_postbox_toggles() {
 	jQuery('.postbox h3').prepend('<a class="togbox">+</a> ');
-	jQuery('.togbox').click( function() { jQuery(jQuery(this).parent().parent().get(0)).toggleClass('closed'); } );
+	jQuery('.togbox').click( function() { jQuery(jQuery(this).parent().parent().get(0)).toggleClass('closed'); save_postboxes_state(); } );
+}
+
+function save_postboxes_state() {
+	var closed = jQuery('.postbox').filter('.closed').map(function() { return this.id; }).get().join(',');
+	jQuery.post(postL10n.requestFile, {
+		action: 'closed-postboxes',
+		closed: closed,
+		cookie: document.cookie});
 }
 
 addLoadEvent( function() {
 	jQuery('#tags-input').hide();
 	tag_update_quickclicks();
 	// add the quickadd form
-	jQuery('#jaxtag').prepend('<span id="ajaxtag"><input type="text" name="newtag" id="newtag" size="16" autocomplete="off" value="Add new tag" /><input type="button" class="button" id="tagadd" value="' + catL10n.add + '"/><input type="hidden"/><input type="hidden"/><span class="howto">Separate tags with commas</span></span>');
+	jQuery('#jaxtag').prepend('<span id="ajaxtag"><input type="text" name="newtag" id="newtag" size="16" autocomplete="off" value="'+postL10n.addTag+'" /><input type="button" class="button" id="tagadd" value="' + postL10n.add + '"/><input type="hidden"/><input type="hidden"/><span class="howto">'+postL10n.separate+'</span></span>');
 	jQuery('#tagadd').click( tag_flush_to_text );
 //	jQuery('#newtag').keydown( tag_press_key );
 	jQuery('#newtag').focus(function() {
-		if ( this.value == 'Add new tag' ) {
+		if ( this.value == postL10n.addTag ) {
 			this.value = '';
 			this.style.color = '#333';
 		}
 	});
 	jQuery('#newtag').blur(function() {
 		if ( this.value == '' ) {
-			this.value = 'Add new tag';
+			this.value = postL10n.addTag;
 			this.style.color = '#999'
 		}
 	});
 
 	// auto-suggest stuff
 	jQuery('#newtag').suggest( 'admin-ajax.php?action=ajax-tag-search', { onSelect: tag_flush_to_text, delay: 500, minchars: 2 } );
+
+	// postboxes
 	add_postbox_toggles();
-});
\ No newline at end of file
+});
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index 66485687f9..d5efa37d78 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -108,6 +108,13 @@ class WP_Scripts {
 			$this->add( 'xfn', '/wp-admin/js/xfn.js', false, '3517' );
 			$this->add( 'upload', '/wp-admin/js/upload.js', array('jquery'), '20070518' );
 			$this->add( 'post', '/wp-admin/js/post.js', array('suggest'), '20080102' );
+			$this->localize( 'post', 'postL10n', array(
+				'tagsUsed' =>  __('Tags used on this post:'),
+				'add' => attribute_escape(__('Add')),
+				'addTag' => attribute_escape(__('Add new tag')),
+				'separate' => __('Separate tags with commas'),
+				'requestFile' => get_option( 'siteurl' ) . '/wp-admin/admin-ajax.php',
+			) );
 			$this->add( 'media-upload', '/wp-admin/js/media-upload.js', false, '20080109' );
 			$this->localize( 'upload', 'uploadL10n', array(
 				'browseTitle' => attribute_escape(__('Browse your files')),