I use this most of the time now. Thanks!

I see this as a sidebar like in a web browser. So, I'm used to being able to minimize/close the sidebar by buttons at the top right of the bar with icons like "-", "<" and "X" The current "green arrows pointing in" icon next to others is not as intuitive for me. (That icon does not even show in my Galeon browser- weird.)

It may nice to be able to disable it with an "X" in the top right.
When it's not enabled, a minimally intrusive link or icon appear in a menu or block, (or floating in the top left corner?) that disappears when the menu is active again to prevent multiple spawnings. and have that state remembered... the current enable and disable might work? or should it be user level somehow?

As is, it's a bit intrusive to me how it reloads it self automatically, and the minimize state is forgotten. So I leave it disabled, and I have a link for "/mynav" in the menu- but it can spawn multiple side panels.

The 1px frame border is a bit difficult to grab for me. Again, I'm used to the ~5px border like Firefox side panels.

Thanks for this awesome tool!

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chrisshattuck commented

Hi JamesAmi,

Some good ideas there. Here's what I've done:

- Added an 'x' in the upper right hand corner and got rid of the green arrows.
- Added a 5px border, instead of the 1px. That also made me feel more comfortable about causing the nav to auto-hide the scrollbars, since the 5px border adds a nice divide.

For the next release, I'd like to incorporate a couple other of your ideas:
- Remembering the open / closed state between sessions. Now, when you say 'it reloads itself automatically', do you mean when you open a new page?
- I'd like to explore other minimized states. I do like that this one hugs the side and does not impact the theme, which is one of it's goals. Your method would impact the theme (though mimimally), which I'd like to avoid.

Thanks again for the ideas!
Chris

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