User blog comment:Meighan/New Tools to Start & Grow Your Wiki/@comment-2022446-20110805174040/@comment-3388044-20110806075623

Susan, to the contrary: You did change the actual content. The old RC contained a search bar. It also contained an Ajax tickbox. It also contained site-specific pulldown navigation menus (i.e., MediaWiki:Wiki-navigation). Those are three examples of the de-contenting that has occurred with Special:RecentChanges.