diff --git a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
index 8738231b98..9b84e9fe76 100644
--- a/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
+++ b/wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
@@ -383,18 +383,20 @@ function wp_dashboard_right_now() {
 	do_action( 'activity_box_end' );
 }
 
-function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
+function wp_dashboard_quick_press_output() {
+	global $post_ID;
+
 	$drafts = false;
 	if ( 'post' === strtolower( $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ) && isset( $_POST['action'] ) && 0 === strpos( $_POST['action'], 'post-quickpress' ) && (int) $_POST['post_ID'] ) {
 		$view = get_permalink( $_POST['post_ID'] );
 		$edit = esc_url( get_edit_post_link( $_POST['post_ID'] ) );
 		if ( 'post-quickpress-publish' == $_POST['action'] ) {
 			if ( current_user_can('publish_posts') )
-				printf( '<div class="message"><p>' . __( 'Post Published. <a href="%s">View post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( $view ), $edit );
+				printf( '<div class="updated"><p>' . __( 'Post published. <a href="%s">View post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( $view ), $edit );
 			else
-				printf( '<div class="message"><p>' . __( 'Post submitted. <a href="%s">Preview post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 1, $view ) ), $edit );
+				printf( '<div class="updated"><p>' . __( 'Post submitted. <a href="%s">Preview post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 1, $view ) ), $edit );
 		} else {
-			printf( '<div class="message"><p>' . __( 'Draft Saved. <a href="%s">Preview post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 1, $view ) ), $edit );
+			printf( '<div class="updated"><p>' . __( 'Draft saved. <a href="%s">Preview post</a> | <a href="%s">Edit post</a>' ) . '</p></div>', esc_url( add_query_arg( 'preview', 1, $view ) ), $edit );
 			$drafts_query = new WP_Query( array(
 				'post_type' => 'post',
 				'post_status' => 'draft',
@@ -407,11 +409,26 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 			if ( $drafts_query->posts )
 				$drafts =& $drafts_query->posts;
 		}
-		printf('<p class="textright">' . __('You can also try %s, easy blogging from anywhere on the Web.') . '</p>', '<a href="tools.php">' . __('Press This') . '</a>' );
+		printf('<p class="textright">' . __('You can also try %s, easy blogging from anywhere on the Web.') . '</p>', '<a href="' . esc_url( admin_url( 'tools.php' ) ) . '">' . __('Press This') . '</a>' );
 		$_REQUEST = array(); // hack for get_default_post_to_edit()
 	}
 
-	$post = get_default_post_to_edit();
+	/* Check if a new auto-draft (= no new post_ID) is needed or if the old can be used */
+	$last_post_id = (int) get_user_option( 'dashboard_quick_press_last_post_id' ); // Get the last post_ID
+	if ( $last_post_id ) {
+		$post = get_post( $last_post_id );
+		if ( empty( $post ) || $post->post_status != 'auto-draft' ) { // auto-draft doesn't exists anymore
+			$post = get_default_post_to_edit('post', true);
+			update_user_option( (int) $GLOBALS['current_user']->ID, 'dashboard_quick_press_last_post_id', (int) $post->ID ); // Save post_ID
+		} else {
+			$post->post_title = ''; // Remove the auto draft title
+		}
+	} else {
+		$post = get_default_post_to_edit('post', true);
+		update_user_option( (int) $GLOBALS['current_user']->ID, 'dashboard_quick_press_last_post_id', (int) $post->ID ); // Save post_ID
+	}
+
+	$post_ID = (int) $post->ID;
 ?>
 
 	<form name="post" action="<?php echo esc_url( admin_url( 'post.php' ) ); ?>" method="post" id="quick-press">
@@ -440,7 +457,7 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 
 		<p class="submit">
 			<input type="hidden" name="action" id="quickpost-action" value="post-quickpress-save" />
-			<input type="hidden" name="quickpress_post_ID" value="<?php echo (int) $post->ID; ?>" />
+			<input type="hidden" name="quickpress_post_ID" value="<?php echo $post_ID; ?>" />
 			<input type="hidden" name="post_type" value="post" />
 			<?php wp_nonce_field('add-post'); ?>
 			<input type="submit" name="save" id="save-post" class="button" tabindex="4" value="<?php esc_attr_e('Save Draft'); ?>" />
@@ -459,6 +476,10 @@ function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
 		wp_dashboard_recent_drafts( $drafts );
 }
 
+function wp_dashboard_quick_press() {
+	echo '<p class="widget-loading hide-if-no-js">' . __( 'Loading&#8230;' ) . '</p><p class="describe hide-if-js">' . __('This widget requires JavaScript.') . '</p>';
+}
+
 function wp_dashboard_recent_drafts( $drafts = false ) {
 	if ( !$drafts ) {
 		$drafts_query = new WP_Query( array(
diff --git a/wp-admin/index-extra.php b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
index 5308ac1025..07260efc17 100644
--- a/wp-admin/index-extra.php
+++ b/wp-admin/index-extra.php
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ case 'dashboard_secondary' :
 case 'dashboard_plugins' :
 	wp_dashboard_plugins_output();
 	break;
+	
+case 'dashboard_quick_press' :
+	wp_dashboard_quick_press_output();
+	break;
 
 }
 
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
index c6a1797c86..4969113ccc 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 		'dashboard_incoming_links',
 		'dashboard_primary',
 		'dashboard_secondary',
-		'dashboard_plugins'
+		'dashboard_plugins',
+		'dashboard_quick_press'
 	];
 
 	ajaxPopulateWidgets = function(el) {
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 							$(this).css('display', '');
 							if ( 'dashboard_plugins' == id && $.isFunction(tb_init) )
 								tb_init('#dashboard_plugins a.thickbox');
+							if ( 'dashboard_quick_press' == id && $.isFunction(tb_init) ) {
+								tb_init('#dashboard_quick_press a.thickbox');
+								quickPressLoad();
+							}
 						});
 					});
 				}, i * 500 );
@@ -53,6 +58,7 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 			$('#dashboard_quick_press div.inside').load( t.attr( 'action' ), t.serializeArray(), function() {
 				$('#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action img.waiting').css('visibility', 'hidden');
 				$('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr('disabled','');
+				$('#dashboard_quick_press ul').next('p').remove();
 				$('#dashboard_quick_press ul').find('li').each( function() {
 					$('#dashboard_recent_drafts ul').prepend( this );
 				} ).end().remove();
@@ -65,6 +71,5 @@ jQuery(document).ready( function($) {
 		$('#publish').click( function() { act.val( 'post-quickpress-publish' ); } );
 
 	};
-	quickPressLoad();
 
 } );
diff --git a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
index 3a6ab645e0..f391e1342e 100644
--- a/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
+++ b/wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-var ajaxWidgets,ajaxPopulateWidgets,quickPressLoad;jQuery(document).ready(function(a){ajaxWidgets=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins"];ajaxPopulateWidgets=function(b){show=function(g,c){var f,d=a("#"+g+" div.inside:visible").find(".widget-loading");if(d.length){f=d.parent();setTimeout(function(){f.load("index-extra.php?jax="+g,"",function(){f.hide().slideDown("normal",function(){a(this).css("display","");if("dashboard_plugins"==g&&a.isFunction(tb_init)){tb_init("#dashboard_plugins a.thickbox")}})})},c*500)}};if(b){b=b.toString();if(a.inArray(b,ajaxWidgets)!=-1){show(b,0)}}else{a.each(ajaxWidgets,function(c){show(this,c)})}};ajaxPopulateWidgets();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{pbshow:ajaxPopulateWidgets});quickPressLoad=function(){var b=a("#quickpost-action"),c;c=a("#quick-press").submit(function(){a("#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action img.waiting").css("visibility","visible");a('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==b.val()){b.val("post-quickpress-publish")}a("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(c.attr("action"),c.serializeArray(),function(){a("#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action img.waiting").css("visibility","hidden");a('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");a("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){a("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");quickPressLoad()});return false});a("#publish").click(function(){b.val("post-quickpress-publish")})};quickPressLoad()});
\ No newline at end of file
+var ajaxWidgets,ajaxPopulateWidgets,quickPressLoad;jQuery(document).ready(function(a){ajaxWidgets=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins","dashboard_quick_press"];ajaxPopulateWidgets=function(b){show=function(g,c){var f,d=a("#"+g+" div.inside:visible").find(".widget-loading");if(d.length){f=d.parent();setTimeout(function(){f.load("index-extra.php?jax="+g,"",function(){f.hide().slideDown("normal",function(){a(this).css("display","");if("dashboard_plugins"==g&&a.isFunction(tb_init)){tb_init("#dashboard_plugins a.thickbox")}if("dashboard_quick_press"==g&&a.isFunction(tb_init)){tb_init("#dashboard_quick_press a.thickbox");quickPressLoad()}})})},c*500)}};if(b){b=b.toString();if(a.inArray(b,ajaxWidgets)!=-1){show(b,0)}}else{a.each(ajaxWidgets,function(c){show(this,c)})}};ajaxPopulateWidgets();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{pbshow:ajaxPopulateWidgets});quickPressLoad=function(){var b=a("#quickpost-action"),c;c=a("#quick-press").submit(function(){a("#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action img.waiting").css("visibility","visible");a('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==b.val()){b.val("post-quickpress-publish")}a("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(c.attr("action"),c.serializeArray(),function(){a("#dashboard_quick_press #publishing-action img.waiting").css("visibility","hidden");a('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");a("#dashboard_quick_press ul").next("p").remove();a("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){a("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");quickPressLoad()});return false});a("#publish").click(function(){b.val("post-quickpress-publish")})}});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/wp-admin/post.php b/wp-admin/post.php
index a8c006c4c4..548007f7f0 100644
--- a/wp-admin/post.php
+++ b/wp-admin/post.php
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ case 'post-quickpress-save':
 		$_POST['post_ID'] = $post_id;
 		// output the quickpress dashboard widget
 		require_once(ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php');
-		wp_dashboard_quick_press();
+		wp_dashboard_quick_press_output();
 		exit;
 	}
 
diff --git a/wp-includes/script-loader.php b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
index f0f9a16c3a..99584d4658 100644
--- a/wp-includes/script-loader.php
+++ b/wp-includes/script-loader.php
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ function wp_default_scripts( &$scripts ) {
 
 		$scripts->add( 'farbtastic', '/wp-admin/js/farbtastic.js', array('jquery'), '1.2' );
 
-		$scripts->add( 'dashboard', "/wp-admin/js/dashboard$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'admin-comments', 'postbox' ), '20100213' );
+		$scripts->add( 'dashboard', "/wp-admin/js/dashboard$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'admin-comments', 'postbox' ), '20100523' );
 		$scripts->add_data( 'dashboard', 'group', 1 );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'hoverIntent', "/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent$suffix.js", array('jquery'), '20090102' );