Index: wp-admin/admin-ajax.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/admin-ajax.php	(revision 8710)
+++ wp-admin/admin-ajax.php	(working copy)
@@ -628,13 +628,17 @@
 	check_ajax_referer( 'closedpostboxes', 'closedpostboxesnonce' );
 	$closed = isset( $_POST['closed'] )? $_POST['closed'] : '';
 	$closed = explode( ',', $_POST['closed'] );
+	$hidden = isset( $_POST['hidden'] )? $_POST['hidden'] : '';
+	$hidden = explode( ',', $_POST['hidden'] );
 	$page = isset( $_POST['page'] )? $_POST['page'] : '';
 	if ( !preg_match( '/^[a-z-]+$/', $page ) ) {
 		die(-1);
 	}
-	if (!is_array($closed)) break;
 	$current_user = wp_get_current_user();
-	update_usermeta($current_user->ID, 'closedpostboxes_'.$page, $closed);
+	if ( is_array($closed) )
+		update_usermeta($current_user->ID, 'closedpostboxes_'.$page, $closed);
+	if ( is_array($hidden) )
+		update_usermeta($current_user->ID, 'meta-box-hidden_'.$page, $hidden);
 break;
 case 'get-permalink':
 	check_ajax_referer( 'getpermalink', 'getpermalinknonce' );
Index: wp-admin/includes/template.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/template.php	(revision 8710)
+++ wp-admin/includes/template.php	(working copy)
@@ -1254,6 +1254,8 @@
 
 	do_action('do_meta_boxes', $page, $context, $object);
 
+	$hidden = get_user_option( "meta-box-hidden_$page" );
+
 	echo "<div id='$context-sortables' class='meta-box-sortables'>\n";
 
 	$i = 0;
@@ -1270,13 +1272,15 @@
 		if ( !isset($wp_meta_boxes) || !isset($wp_meta_boxes[$page]) || !isset($wp_meta_boxes[$page][$context]) )
 			break;
 
-
 		foreach ( array('high', 'sorted', 'core', 'default', 'low') as $priority ) {
 			foreach ( (array) $wp_meta_boxes[$page][$context][$priority] as $box ) {
 				if ( false == $box || ! $box['title'] )
 					continue;
 				$i++;
-				echo '<div id="' . $box['id'] . '" class="postbox ' . postbox_classes($box['id'], $page) . '">' . "\n";
+				$style = '';
+				if ( in_array($box['id'], $hidden) )
+					$style = 'style="display:none;"';
+				echo '<div id="' . $box['id'] . '" class="postbox ' . postbox_classes($box['id'], $page) . '" ' . $style . '>' . "\n";
 				echo "<h3><span class='hndle'>{$box['title']}</span></h3>\n";
 				echo '<div class="inside">' . "\n";
 				call_user_func($box['callback'], $object, $box);
@@ -1315,4 +1319,27 @@
 		$wp_meta_boxes[$page][$context][$priority][$id] = false;
 }
 
+function meta_box_prefs($page) {
+	global $wp_meta_boxes;
+
+	if ( empty($wp_meta_boxes[$page]) )
+		return;
+
+	$hidden = get_user_option( "meta-box-hidden_$page" );
+
+	echo '<ul class="metabox-prefs">';
+	foreach ( array_keys($wp_meta_boxes[$page]) as $context ) {
+		foreach ( array_keys($wp_meta_boxes[$page][$context]) as $priority ) {
+			foreach ( $wp_meta_boxes[$page][$context][$priority] as $box ) {
+				if ( false == $box || ! $box['title'] )
+					continue;
+				$box_id = $box['id'];
+				echo '<label for="' . $box_id . '-hide">';
+				echo '<input class="hide-postbox-tog" name="' . $box_id . '-hide" type="checkbox" id="' . $box_id . '-hide" value="' . $box_id . '"' . (! in_array($box_id, $hidden) ? ' checked="checked"' : '') . ' />';
+				echo "{$box['title']}</label>";
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	echo '</ul>';
+}
 ?>
Index: wp-admin/js/post.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/post.js	(revision 8710)
+++ wp-admin/js/post.js	(working copy)
@@ -185,6 +185,16 @@
 		return false;
 	});
 
+	// Edit Settings
+	jQuery('.edit-settings-link').click(function () {
+		if (jQuery('#edit-settings').is(":hidden")) {
+			jQuery('#edit-settings').slideDown("normal");
+		} else {
+			jQuery('#edit-settings').slideUp("normal");
+		}
+		return false;
+	});
+
 	// Custom Fields
 	jQuery('#the-list').wpList( { addAfter: function( xml, s ) {
 		if ( jQuery.isFunction( autosave_update_post_ID ) ) {
Index: wp-admin/js/postbox.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/postbox.js	(revision 8710)
+++ wp-admin/js/postbox.js	(working copy)
@@ -5,6 +5,17 @@
 			$('.postbox h3').before('<a class="togbox">+</a> ');
 			$('.postbox a.togbox').click( function() { $($(this).parent().get(0)).toggleClass('closed'); save_postboxes_state(page); } );
 
+			$('.hide-postbox-tog').click( function() {
+				var box = jQuery(this).val();
+				var show = jQuery(this).attr('checked');
+				if ( show ) {
+					jQuery('#' + box).show();
+				} else {
+					jQuery('#' + box).hide();
+				}
+				save_postboxes_state(page);
+			} );
+
 			if ( $.browser.msie ) {
 				$('#side-sortables').append( '<div id="make-it-tall"></div>' );
 			} else {
@@ -64,9 +75,11 @@
 
 function save_postboxes_state(page) {
 	var closed = jQuery('.postbox').filter('.closed').map(function() { return this.id; }).get().join(',');
+	var hidden = jQuery('.postbox').filter(':hidden').map(function() { return this.id; }).get().join(',');
 	jQuery.post(postboxL10n.requestFile, {
 		action: 'closed-postboxes',
 		closed: closed,
+		hidden: hidden,
 		closedpostboxesnonce: jQuery('#closedpostboxesnonce').val(),
 		page: page
 	});
Index: wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php	(revision 8710)
+++ wp-admin/edit-form-advanced.php	(working copy)
@@ -404,6 +404,13 @@
 <?php } ?>
 </div>
 
+<a href="#edit_settings" class="edit-settings-link hide-if-no-js"><?php _e('Edit Settings') ?></a>
+
+<div id="edit-settings" class="hide-if-js hide-if-no-js">
+<h5><?php _e('Show on screen') ?></h5>
+<?php meta_box_prefs('post') ?>
+</div>
+
 <?php
 
 if ( 0 == $post_ID)