Sketches for dashboard widgets that show recent stuff

A: list of titles + show all

The bare minimum?

Recent Thingnames

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B: List of titles, edit, delete, show all

With inline operations. Takes a lot of vertical space, but operation links are likely very near the pointer (?)

Recent Thingnames

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C: List of titles and author + show all

No operations, author name links to profile if possible (not useful for comments when anon. commenting is on).

Recent Thingnames

The title of the most recent thing xyz.
Author Name
Second item of the same dingus, but with a longer title
Author Name
A short one right after that.
Author Name
Most titles have a length of a certain amount of words.
Author Name
In which the fifth and most longest title of all titles so far is written.
Author Name

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D: table with titles, edit, delete, show all

Similar to how tables like this are shown on pages. Using :hover visibility for the operation links to minimize visual (repetitive) noise.

Recent Thingnames
Most titles have a length of a certain amount of words. Edit Delete
In which the fifth and most longest title of all titles so far is written. Edit Delete
Stitles have a length of a certain . Edit Delete
Fifth and most longest title of all titles so far is. Edit Delete

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E: Table of titles and author. Edit, delete, show all.

Same as D but with author and different placement of show all link (following the flow of the operation links).

Recent Thingnames
Most titles have a length of a certain amount of words.

Author Name

Edit Delete
In which the fifth and most longest title of all titles so far is written.

Author Name

Edit Delete
Stitles have a length of a certain.

Author Name

Edit Delete
Fifth and most longest title of all titles so far is.

Author Name

Edit Delete
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