Hmm I won t change the template because someone with more expertise may appear but I ll have a try at helping out here I suspect the second thing what page appears after you log in is determined by your browser you may now be using a browser version that takes you back to the last page you were looking at I see some people have one or more chunks of the Main Page transcluded on their user pages that might give you a handy way to look at it or just get in the habit of immediately clicking on the globe after starting a session As for the watchlist there is an area to change watchlist preferences at the top and or under the main preferences tab there are an appearance area and an editing area between teh 3 of those you may find what you re looking for Myself I don t recall ever seeing a Next Previous 50 100 500 on my watchlist only on my and everyone else s contributions and I m seeing the time for each edit under a bolded date header if you aren t rummage in the settings Hope those thoughts help a little bit