Index: wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(revision 11605)
+++ wp-admin/includes/dashboard.php	(working copy)
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_incoming_links() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_incoming_links', 'wp_dashboard_incoming_links_output' );
+	echo '<p class="widget-loading hide-if-no-js">' . __( 'Loading&#8230;' ) . '</p><p class="describe hide-if-js">' . __('This widget requires JavaScript.') . '</p>';
 }
 
 /**
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_primary() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_primary', 'wp_dashboard_rss_output' );
+	echo '<p class="widget-loading hide-if-no-js">' . __( 'Loading&#8230;' ) . '</p><p class="describe hide-if-js">' . __('This widget requires JavaScript.') . '</p>';
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_primary_control() {
@@ -712,7 +712,7 @@
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_secondary() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_secondary', 'wp_dashboard_secondary_output' );
+	echo '<p class="widget-loading hide-if-no-js">' . __( 'Loading&#8230;' ) . '</p><p class="describe hide-if-js">' . __('This widget requires JavaScript.') . '</p>';
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_secondary_control() {
@@ -747,11 +747,7 @@
 }
 
 function wp_dashboard_plugins() {
-	wp_dashboard_cached_rss_widget( 'dashboard_plugins', 'wp_dashboard_plugins_output', array(
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/popular/',
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/new/',
-		'http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rss/browse/updated/'
-	) );
+	echo '<p class="widget-loading hide-if-no-js">' . __( 'Loading&#8230;' ) . '</p><p class="describe hide-if-js">' . __('This widget requires JavaScript.') . '</p>';
 }
 
 /**
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(revision 11605)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.dev.js	(working copy)
@@ -10,10 +10,13 @@
 	];
 
 	ajaxPopulateWidgets = function() {
-		$.each( ajaxWidgets, function() {
-			var e = jQuery('#' + this + ':visible div.inside').find('.widget-loading');
-			if ( e.size() ) { e.parent().load('index-extra.php?jax=' + this); }
-		} );
+		$.each( ajaxWidgets, function(i) {
+			var p, t = this, e = jQuery('#' + t + ':visible div.inside').find('.widget-loading');
+			if ( e.size() ) {
+				p = e.parent();
+				setTimeout( function(){ p.slideUp().load('index-extra.php?jax=' + t, '', function() { p.slideDown(); } ); }, i * 500 );
+			}
+		});
 	};
 	ajaxPopulateWidgets();
 
Index: wp-admin/js/dashboard.js
===================================================================
--- wp-admin/js/dashboard.js	(revision 11605)
+++ wp-admin/js/dashboard.js	(working copy)
@@ -1 +1 @@
-jQuery(document).ready(function(c){var a,b,d;a=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins"];b=function(){c.each(a,function(){var f=jQuery("#"+this+":visible div.inside").find(".widget-loading");if(f.size()){f.parent().load("index-extra.php?jax="+this)}})};b();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{onShow:b});d=function(){var e=c("#quickpost-action"),f;f=c("#quick-press").submit(function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3").append('<img src="images/wpspin_light.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />');c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==e.val()){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")}c("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(f.attr("action"),f.serializeArray(),function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3 img").remove();c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");c("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){c("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");d()});return false});c("#publish").click(function(){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")})};d()});
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+jQuery(document).ready(function(c){var a,b,d;a=["dashboard_incoming_links","dashboard_primary","dashboard_secondary","dashboard_plugins"];b=function(){c.each(a,function(g){var j,f=this,h=jQuery("#"+f+":visible div.inside").find(".widget-loading");if(h.size()){j=h.parent();setTimeout(function(){j.slideUp().load("index-extra.php?jax="+f,"",function(){j.slideDown()})},g*500)}})};b();postboxes.add_postbox_toggles("dashboard",{onShow:b});d=function(){var e=c("#quickpost-action"),f;f=c("#quick-press").submit(function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3").append('<img src="images/wpspin_light.gif" style="margin: 0 6px 0 0; vertical-align: middle" />');c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","disabled");if("post"==e.val()){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")}c("#dashboard_quick_press div.inside").load(f.attr("action"),f.serializeArray(),function(){c("#dashboard_quick_press h3 img").remove();c('#quick-press .submit input[type="submit"], #quick-press .submit input[type="reset"]').attr("disabled","");c("#dashboard_quick_press ul").find("li").each(function(){c("#dashboard_recent_drafts ul").prepend(this)}).end().remove();tb_init("a.thickbox");d()});return false});c("#publish").click(function(){e.val("post-quickpress-publish")})};d()});
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Index: wp-includes/script-loader.php
===================================================================
--- wp-includes/script-loader.php	(revision 11605)
+++ wp-includes/script-loader.php	(working copy)
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@
 
 		$scripts->add( 'farbtastic', '/wp-admin/js/farbtastic.js', array('jquery'), '1.2' );
 
-		$scripts->add( 'dashboard', "/wp-admin/js/dashboard$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'admin-comments', 'postbox' ), '20090201' );
+		$scripts->add( 'dashboard', "/wp-admin/js/dashboard$suffix.js", array( 'jquery', 'admin-comments', 'postbox' ), '20090618' );
 		$scripts->add_data( 'dashboard', 'group', 1 );
 
 		$scripts->add( 'hoverIntent', "/wp-includes/js/hoverIntent$suffix.js", array('jquery'), '20090102' );