Ths may answer part of your question... from Yabba

<?php
		// -------------------- PREV/NEXT PAGE LINKS (POST LIST MODE) --------------------
		mainlist_page_links( array(
				'block_start' => '<p class="paged">[ '.T_('Pages:').' ',
				'block_end' => ' ]</p>',
				'list_span' => 5,
				) );
		// ------------------------- END OF PREV/NEXT PAGE LINKS -------------------------
	?>

Example :
http://wow-factor.com/index.php?blog=2&paged=7

Nope. I can shrink or expand the amount of page numbers shown, and I'm pretty sure there is an existing example of NO page numbers (which I think allows using text instead of << and >>), but AFAIK there is no way to get page 1 and page N(max) to use words instead of numbers.

OT: I'm pissed at my host right now. No phpmyadmin. It tells me I need a secret password ... then tells me to blow a fish 8|

Hey wanna see something funny? Copy the block that does that bit from photoblog skin and stick it in evopress skin. Copy the images over too. They point AT each other :lol:

... seems "scroll_list_range" does nothing, or perhaps I simply haven't figured out what it does.

... looks like playing with "links_format" will get me something but I'm not sure yet. At any rate it defaults to "$prev$ $first$ $list_prev$ $list$ $list_next$ $last$ $next$" which certainly seems to have first and last INSIDE prev and next, so it's tinker time...

OT: The host now says the issue should be fixed and to please check.

<?php // PREV/NEXT PAGE LINKS (POST LIST MODE)
mainlist_page_links( array(
		'block_start' => '<p class="center"><strong>',
		'block_end' => '</strong></p>',
		'links_format' => '$first$ :: $prev$ :: $next$ :: $last$',
		'prev_text' => '&lt;&lt; '.T_('Previous'),
		'next_text' => T_('Next').' &gt;&gt;',
	) ); ?>

That gets pretty darned close.

Therefore this pony looks like two new params:

		'first_text' => 'PAGE ONE',
		'last_text' => 'LAST PAGE',

Next step is to follow function page_links( $params = array() ) and see if there be something I can add value with.