Sidebar topic list links prefer unread and new over latest

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I to see this quite easily resolvable in a TODO @mcwumbly

Simplest form:

New user setting: (in Interface Sidebar)

Sidebar item topic list preference

option 1: Prefer New/Unread when present
option 2: Always navigate to latest

Additionally default_user_sidebar_topic_list_style

It is similar to what we exposed in the previous sidebar.

If we wanted to add more spice here there are two other options:

option 3: Prefer Unseen when New/Unread are present. (which I guess @zogstrip and @jomaxro would like) - this touches on the “I added something I am not tracking to the sidebar”.

option 4: Automatically figure out.

(4) is complicated … but I think intuitive to end users:

  • We navigate you to new or unread
  • You click latest
  • (Next time happens)
  • You have unread but we navigate you to latest (cause that is what you did last time)
  • You click unread right away
  • We change the pref to prioritize unread

And so on.

Its a compromise but would automatically adjust to end user behavior.

I certainly see the desire for a user pref here.

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