reverted:
--- modules/node/node.admin.inc	15 Oct 2009 13:11:03 -0000
+++ modules/node/node.admin.inc	11 Oct 2009 03:07:18 -0000	1.71
@@ -445,12 +445,7 @@
   $destination = drupal_get_destination();
   $nodes = array();
   foreach ($result as $node) {
+    $l_options = empty($node->language) ? array() : array('language' => $languages[$node->language]);
-    // Set a class to flag to the overlay, if present, not to open the link in
-    // the overlay.
-    $l_options = array('attributes' => array('class' => 'overlay-escape'));
-    if (!empty($node->language)) {
-      $l_options['language'] = $languages[$node->language];
-    }
     $options[$node->nid] = array(
       'title' => l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid, $l_options) . ' ' . theme('mark', array('type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed))),
       'type' =>  check_plain(node_type_get_name($node)),
diff -u modules/overlay/overlay-child.js modules/overlay/overlay-child.js
--- modules/overlay/overlay-child.js	15 Oct 2009 13:11:03 -0000
+++ modules/overlay/overlay-child.js
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  */
 Drupal.behaviors.overlayChild = {
   attach: function(context, settings) {
+    console.log("I'm a child!", location.href);
     var self = Drupal.overlayChild;
     var settings = settings.overlayChild || {};
 
@@ -68,6 +69,11 @@
 Drupal.overlayChild.isObject = parent.Drupal.overlay.isObject;
 
 /**
+ * Add the isAdminLink() method to the overlayChild object for convenience.
+ */
+Drupal.overlayChild.isAdminLink = parent.Drupal.overlay.isAdminLink;
+
+/**
  * Add the addOverlayParam() method to the overlayChild object for convenience.
  */
 Drupal.overlayChild.addOverlayParam = parent.Drupal.overlay.addOverlayParam;
@@ -96,16 +102,17 @@
  *
  * By default, forms and links are assumed to keep the flow in the overlay.
  * Thus their action and href attributes respectively get a ?render=overlay
- * suffix. Links having the .overlay-escape class should however close the
- * overlay and redirect the parent page to the given link. Such are links
- * in a content listing, where administration options are mixed with links
- * to the actual content to be shown on the site out of the overlay.
+ * suffix. Non-administrative links should however close the overlay and
+ * redirect the parent page to the given link. This would include links in a
+ * content listing, where administration options are mixed with links to the
+ * actual content to be shown on the site out of the overlay.
+ *
+ * @see Drupal.overlay.isAdminLink()
  */
 Drupal.overlayChild.behaviors.parseLinks = function(context, settings) {
-  $('a:not(.overlay-exclude)', context).once('overlay').each(function() {
-    // Links that have the class "overlay-escape" should close the overlay and
-    // open in the main window.
-    if ($(this).hasClass('overlay-escape')) {
+  $('a:not(.overlay-exclude)', context).once('overlay').each(function () {
+    // Non-admin links should close the overlay and open in the main window.
+    if (!Drupal.overlayChild.isAdminLink(this.href)) {
       $(this).click(function() {
         // We need to store the parent variable locally because it will
         // disappear as soon as we close the iframe.
diff -u modules/overlay/overlay-parent.js modules/overlay/overlay-parent.js
--- modules/overlay/overlay-parent.js	15 Oct 2009 13:11:03 -0000
+++ modules/overlay/overlay-parent.js
@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
  */
 Drupal.behaviors.overlayParent = {
   attach: function(context, settings) {
-    // Attach on the .to-overlay class.
-    $('a.to-overlay:not(.overlay-exclude)').once('overlay').click(function() {
+    // Attach on all admin links without the 'overlay-exclude' class.
+    $('a:not(.overlay-exclude)').filter(function (){
+      return Drupal.overlay.isAdminLink(this.href);
+    })
+    // Respond to their click event.
+    .once('overlay').click(function() {
 
       // Append render variable, so the server side can choose the right
       // rendering and add child modal frame code to the page if needed.
@@ -523,6 +527,72 @@
 };
 
 /**
+ * Check if the given link is an admin link and should be opened in the overlay.
+ *
+ * Modules and themes can override the default behavior by adding an array of
+ * links and/or regular expressions to
+ * Drupal.settings.overlay.admin[modulename], for links that should be displayed
+ * inside the overlay, or Drupal.settings.overlay.nonAdmin[modulename], for
+ * links that should be displayed as normal in the parent window.
+ */
+Drupal.overlay.isAdminLink = function (url) {
+  // Create a native Link object, so we can use its object methods.
+  var link = $(url.link(url)).get(0);
+  var path = link.pathname.replace(new RegExp(Drupal.settings.basePath), '');
+  // debug
+  Drupal.settings.overlay = {'links':{'nonAdmin': {'node': {}}}};
+  Drupal.settings.overlay.links.nonAdmin.node = ['node/70/edit', new RegExp('node/[0-2]/edit')];
+  // Test the link against module/theme-provided non-admin links.
+  for (module in Drupal.settings.overlay.links.nonAdmin) {
+    var list = Drupal.settings.overlay.links.nonAdmin[module];
+    if ((typeof module == 'string') && list.length) {
+      var i;
+      for (i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+        var item = list[i];
+        switch (typeof item) {
+          case 'string':
+            if (path.indexOf(item) === 0) {
+              return false;
+            }
+          default:
+            if (path.match(item)) {
+              return false;
+            }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  if (path.indexOf('admin') === 0) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  var re = new RegExp("node/[0-9]+/edit");
+  if (path.match(re)) {
+    return true;
+  }
+  // Test the link against module/theme-provided admin links.
+  for (module in Drupal.settings.overlay.links.admin) {
+    list = Drupal.settings.overlay.links.admin[module];
+    if ((typeof module == 'string') && list.length) {
+      i;
+      for (i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+        item = list[i];
+        switch (typeof item) {
+          case 'string':
+            if (path.indexOf(item) === 0) {
+              return true;
+            }
+          default:
+            if (path.match(item)) {
+              return true;
+            }
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  return false;
+}
+
+/**
  * Sanitize dialog size.
  *
  * Do not let the overlay go over the 0.78x of the width of the screen and set