Answer by Cave Johnson for Live: Left nav, new theming and responsiveness

feature-requeststatus-completed

completed the fixed part of this, scrolling coming soon. Left nav is now sticky

I'm not a fan of the left nav, but I love the way that YouTube does it: http://youtube.com.

Two things that make it great:

1. It actually hugs the extreme left side of the window, preserving space for content.
2. The left nav is fixed and can be scrolled independently of the main content.

So if we got to have a left nav, might I suggest that you just straight-up copy YouTube's design? That would be great IMO.

One thing to note about YouTube's design is that if you resize the window, you will notice that the left nav collapses very easily. It allows for a LOT more space for content than the responsive design here. I think that is a complaint that many people have made so far.

It just feels too squished with the left nav AND right sidebar. I think the left nav should collapse BEFORE it even affects the old max-width. So you should really only see it if you have the whitespace there to accommodate it (for example, if you are on widescreen monitor and the window is maximized, which is fairly common). But if not, it should be collapsed.