I understand that BB doesn't want to list all assignments at once as this will slow the interface. However, there should be an option to show the top N assignments (thereby limiting the number) of all assignments (past, future, published, unpublished). If a teacher modifies the filter (don't show unpublished, for example) this change should be saved so the next time I view the assignment tab, my preference is still applied. Currently, the interface is much more clunky than it was before (with the quick past/present/future toggles) . These old toggles often got missed by students/teachers but the new interface is much worse and much easier to miss.
We aren't doing top % of assignments past and future but are in the midst of adding number of days in the future and past to show assignments for from another request. Similar, hopefully that will satisfy the goal here let me know if there's something that % gets you that I'm missing or if I can close this one out when we release the other. thanks!