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That's always been there, as long as I can remember - right back to VS 2005 I think.
I actually use it quite a lot. The only real different I can see is that they've finally realised that everyone just turns the "Visual Studio News" RSS feed off and have removed it altogether and then made the open buttons nice and big.
Now if only they would give us the option to only show solutions when you open something inside a solution, and not add every project you touch into that most-recently-used list, THAT would be a blessing!
Biting the hand that feeds IT
