I still think bookmarks are the most appropriate solution for frequent visitors and that a configureable set of links is 0v3rk111.

I tend to agree that it's overkill... but just the same, I'd like it. :-)

FYI it's possible to get to the The Monastery Gates just by clicking on the PerlMonks link in the upper right.

Ah, so you can. I don't think I've used that before. So, knowing this, if the links at the top were configurable, I'd no longer include The Monastery Gates in them.

Also, it might be worth considering how you do use your personal nodelet.

Well, there's how I want to use it and how I do use it. Right now, I do tend to use it mostly as a queue of nodes I want to revisit.¹ I've been meaning to get away from doing that. The way I would prefer to use it is as a list of frequently referenced links. That way, when writing a node, I'd have the links I might reference right there rather than having to open another window and search for them. I don't think I'd prefer it for navigation in any case because it would require me to scroll down. I don't want to put it above the CB, because then using that would require me to scroll down even further (and my irritation with that is bad enough already.)

As for editing the link or typing it into the search field... well... yuck. I'm not a real fan of GUIs in the general case, but I do see the value of pointing and clicking over pointing, clicking, and typing. ;-)

1. There are exceptions to this. I have a couple nodes in there primarily for navigation, such as nodes to consider, for example. I also have one or two (ok, several) which are just generally interesting to me but which I haven't put on my homenode yet.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

I think the best mechanism for keeping a big list of interesting nodes (like nodes to revisit) is the browser bookmarks. It depends on browser of course but most are designed to manage a big list of bookmarks, and you can organise them in folders on most browsers. It is a bit slower then the personal nodelet (at least on Mozilla) since the usage of drop down two level menu, but thats a tradeoff.

I think the best mechanism for keeping a big list of interesting nodes (like nodes to revisit) is the browser bookmarks.

Best in some circumstances, perhaps, but not in mine. I use several different machines regularly (2 at home, 2 at work) and others on occasion. Keeping bookmarks synched and up-to-date on all of them is basically an impossibility. I do keep bookmarks up on a personal site, but adding URLs to that is essentially a manual process.

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";