# Alternatives to sidebar for Chat?

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-sidebar-for-chat/226078>\
**Category:** Support\
**Tags:** chat\
**Created:** [May 3, 2022, 10:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-sidebar-for-chat/226078 "2022-05-03T22:53:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![James\_Cribbs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/james_cribbs/32/249821_2.png) [@James\_Cribbs](https://meta.discourse.org/u/James_Cribbs)\
**Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 1:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/alternatives-to-sidebar-for-chat/226078/6 "2022-05-04T13:38:38Z")

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Thank you @JammyDodger , I’m going to continue to experiment here. I don’t have the chat beta turned on for my own community just yet but I think your proposal would probably be great.

I am getting used to the navigation on the side bar on desktop though, and I like it. The challenge is making it consistent with the overall site flow / navigation… so I think I’ll give the chat bubble a shot. It also will be important for me to allow chats by group (for example, ham radio operators in a given US state).

@Jagster you are discussing a separate topic that is more philosophical about mobile vs. desktop. I believe that desktop navigation is important, which is why I am interested in the best navigation for desktop. If you don’t believe desktop navigation is important at all, then it makes sense that this topic wouldn’t interest you

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