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title: Side panels: peek a link, feedback, chat, maps, resizable
created: 2026-09-25T12:05:00Z
priority: high
type: task
owner: build.desk
source: admin/inbox/2026-09-25__notes-from-the-flight.md
parent: 001-reading-experience
estimated_effort: medium
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# Side panels: peek a link, feedback, chat, maps, resizable

Reading a story and clicking a link to a source page loses the reader's place. On wide screens open local
links in a right-hand pane (an iframe of the local page, so it works offline), with "open as main page";
the same pane holds the feedback panel and the chat, chosen by vertical buttons on the right edge (as on
VoiceDebrief); a drag handle sets its width and the width is remembered. A visual clue on each link shows
its state (unread, read, noted) from the reader's log.

Done when: on a desk page a local link has a peek control; the pane persists its width; links show state.