It just occurred to me that another option might be to let the user specify which links show in the side bar. I don't know how practicable that is, but I for one wouldn't mind if I could "turn off" the links to short and long pages, among others. (though I know others would).

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The primary problem mentioned about the new layout was that the quickbar is too tall on some smaller screens. One possible solution to that is that I added two more sidebar options to user preferences: now there is not only "none", "left", and "right", but also "fixed left" and "fixed right"; in these latter two, the sidebar is scrollable with the page.

We may also want to experiment with the fonts a bit, and decide which of the now five options is the best default.

Also, it is my intention that "none" should be a useful option, in that there shouldn't be enything on the quickbar that isn't also accessible elsewhere (for example, the special pages list which isn't done yet).00