Hello all,

This has been a long discussed interface idea for Zotero, indeed:

http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/222/sidebar/
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/358/zotero-as-a-tab/

Inspired by the recent discussions in the Mendeley thread, the interface of which I found useful, I thought I would want something like this in Zotero, as well.
http://forums.zotero.org/discussion/6174/mendeley

I merged the two ideas: being able to see Zotero in a tab, and (more importantly) as a sidebar, while being able to see your items in the browser at the same time. But a picture is worth a thousand words, so I drafted a set of interface mock-ups for Zotero. If you are interested please see my set at flickr, where I also added comments and notes:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/43174138@N04/sets/72157622377840351/

So here it is. It is not by any means complete or perfect, but at least such use of zotero panes would allow a more comfortable use of the vertical screen estate, in the mostly wide-screen modern computers. While what I suggest are not that groundbreaking or an overhaul of the total zotero interface, nevertheless, a sidepane next to the attachment content in the browser makes things easier, I believe.

Thanks for all forum members, and the zotero team for their hard work; I really learned a lot:) Best wishes,

Emre Ayca