I've also thought it could be useful to have an auto-complete search box that takes you to admin pages. For example, you type "MARC" and it lists all the admin pages with MARC in the name (and clicking or selecting one takes you to that page). (It could contain other menu items, not just admin pages.) This is similar to the fairly new Microsoft Office "Tell me what you want to do" search box on the menu row.
I've also thought it could be useful to have an auto-complete search box that takes you to admin pages. For example, you type "MARC" and it lists all the admin pages with MARC in the name (and clicking or selecting one takes you to that page). (It could contain other menu items, not just admin pages.) This is similar to the fairly new Microsoft Office "Tell me what you want to do" search box on the menu row.