Previously there were two persistent "View Post" links on an edit screen: next to the permalink and in the toolbar. This would then become three links after a post was published or updated, as a link is also included in the admin notice. This is a lot of redundancy and visual noise for a flow that is not your primary action upon starting to edit a post. The "View Post" link next to the sample permalink was particularly bad because it is styled like a button, but unlike a button, does not keep you on the current screen.
Because the permalink is now linked, there is no highlighted slug that you can click to edit, but rather just the "Edit" button.
props scribu, lessbloat, sabreuse, SergeyBiryukov, DrewAPicture, helen.
see #18306.
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