diff --git a/Viewer/features/collections.js b/Viewer/features/collections.js
index e5588b1d..6251523c 100755
--- a/Viewer/features/collections.js
+++ b/Viewer/features/collections.js
@@ -146,13 +146,12 @@ var CollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 		var order = this.__collection_order = this.__collection_order || []
 
 		// add unsorted things to the head of the list...
-		var res = keys
-			.concat(order)
-			.reverse()
-			.unique()
-			.reverse()
+		var res = [
+			...keys,
+			...order,
+		].tailUnique()
 
-		// XXX defaults...
+		// defaults...
 		res = res.concat(defaults).unique()
 
 		// keep MAIN_COLLECTION_TITLE out of the collection order...
@@ -574,6 +573,8 @@ var CollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 					&& collection != MAIN_COLLECTION_TITLE
 
 			// save the data...
+			// XXX would be nice to be able to add new collections both 
+			// 		to the start and end of list...
 			var state = collections[collection] = 
 				collections[collection] 
 				|| {}
@@ -2249,6 +2250,13 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 		// This will be auto-selected in .browseCollections(..) on next 
 		// add/edit operation...
 		//'collection-last-used': null,
+		
+		// can be:
+		// 		'end' | null	- place new items at end of list
+		// 		'start'			- place new items at start of list
+		//
+		// XXX make this configurable???
+		'collection-ui-place-new': 'start',
 	},
 
 	// UI...
@@ -2375,6 +2383,7 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 						i && $(this).attr('count', i) }
 
 					// update collection list if changed externally...
+					/* XXX
 					collections.splice.apply(collections, 
 						// NOTE: if the length calculation here looks a "bit"
 						// 		convoluted, that's because it is, this fixes
@@ -2387,6 +2396,15 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 							.concat(collections
 								.concat(that.collection_order || [])
 								.unique()))
+					/*/
+					console.log('>>>>', that.collection_order)
+					collections
+						.splice(0, collections.length,
+							...[
+								...collections,
+								...(that.collection_order || []),
+							].tailUnique())
+					//*/
 
 					// main collection...
 					var main = typeof(show_main) == 'function' ?
@@ -2429,6 +2447,7 @@ var UICollectionActions = actions.Actions({
 								: action ? 
 									'$New...' 
 								: '$New from current state...',
+							place_new_item: that.config['collection-ui-place-new'],
 
 							unique: true,
 							sortable: 'y',
diff --git a/Viewer/lib/widget/browse.js b/Viewer/lib/widget/browse.js
index f555605f..d1a574b7 100755
--- a/Viewer/lib/widget/browse.js
+++ b/Viewer/lib/widget/browse.js
@@ -568,6 +568,8 @@ function(data, options){
 // 		// it as item text...
 // 		new_item: <text>|<bool>,
 //
+// 		place_new_item: null | 'end' | 'start',
+//
 // 		// If true (default), enable direct editing of items...
 // 		//
 // 		editable_items: <bool>,
@@ -755,8 +757,7 @@ function(list, options){
 	// save item to lst...
 	var saveItem = function(txt, replace){
 		if(txt == replace || txt.trim() == ''){
-			return txt
-		}
+			return txt }
 		txt = options.normalize ? 
 			options.normalize(txt) 
 			: txt
@@ -770,8 +771,7 @@ function(list, options){
 		// invalid format...
 		if(options.check && !options.check(txt)){
 			dialog.update()
-			return
-		}
+			return }
 
 		lst = dialog.__list[id]
 		var normalized = lst.map(function(e){ 
@@ -784,13 +784,11 @@ function(list, options){
 			options.overflow 
 				&& options.overflow.call(dialog, txt)
 
-			return
-		}
+			return }
 
 		// prevent editing non-arrays...
 		if(!editable || !lst){
-			return
-		}
+			return }
 
 		// check if item pre-existed...
 		var preexisted = utxt ? 
@@ -802,9 +800,12 @@ function(list, options){
 				|| normalized.indexOf(ntxt) >= 0)
 
 		// add new value and sort list...
+		// XXX add option to append/prepend item to list...
 		;(replace && lst.indexOf(replace) >= 0) ?
 			lst[lst.indexOf(replace)] = txt
-			: lst.push(txt)
+		: options.place_new_item == 'start' ?
+			lst.unshift(txt)
+		: lst.push(txt)
 
 		// unique...
 		if(options.unique == null || options.unique === true){
@@ -813,8 +814,7 @@ function(list, options){
 
 		// unique filter...
 		} else if(options.unique instanceof Function){
-			lst = lst.unique(options.unique) 
-		}
+			lst = lst.unique(options.unique) }
 
 		// itemadded handler...
 		options.itemadded
@@ -827,8 +827,7 @@ function(list, options){
 			lst = lst
 				.sort(options.sort instanceof Function ? 
 					options.sort 
-					: undefined)
-		}
+					: undefined) }
 
 		lst = write(dialog.__list[id], lst)
 		
@@ -1101,16 +1100,14 @@ function(list, options){
 						.toArray()
 				var l = dialog.__list[id]
 				l.splice.apply(l, [0, l.length].concat(order))
-				dialog.updateItemNumbers()
-			},
-		})
-	}
+				dialog.updateItemNumbers() },
+		}) }
 
 	// mark items for removal -- if a list is given by user...
-	to_remove.forEach(function(e){
-		dialog.filter('"'+ e +'"')
-			.addClass('strike-out')
-	})
+	to_remove
+		.forEach(function(e){
+			dialog.filter('"'+ e +'"')
+				.addClass('strike-out') })
 
 	options.itemopen
 		&& res.on('open', function(evt){ 
@@ -1122,8 +1119,7 @@ function(list, options){
 	if(options.editable_items !== false){
 		var trigger_edit = function(){ 
 			dialog.select('!')
-				.trigger('itemedit')
-		}
+				.trigger('itemedit') }
 		$(res)
 			.on('itemedit', function(){ editItem($(this)) })
 		;(options.item_edit_keys || ['F2'])
@@ -1133,8 +1129,7 @@ function(list, options){
 		options.item_edit_events != false 
 			&& options.item_edit_events != ''
 		 	&& $(res).on(options.item_edit_events || 'menu', 
-				function(){ $(this).trigger('itemedit') })
-	}
+				function(){ $(this).trigger('itemedit') }) }
 
 	// new item...
 	if(options.new_item !== false){
@@ -1150,15 +1145,12 @@ function(list, options){
 			.on('edit-commit', function(evt, txt){ 
 				if(txt.trim() != ''){
 					txt = saveItem(txt) 
-
 					dialog.update()
 						.done(function(){
 							//dialog.select('"'+txt+'"')
 							txt 
-								&& dialog.select('"'+txt.replace(/\$/g, '')+'"') })
-				}
-			}))
-	}
+								&& dialog
+									.select('"'+txt.replace(/\$/g, '')+'"') }) } })) }
 
 	// dialog handlers...
 	// NOTE: we bind these only once per dialog...
@@ -1169,15 +1161,12 @@ function(list, options){
 			.on('update', function(){
 				to_remove.forEach(function(e){
 					dialog.filter('"'+ e +'"')
-						.addClass('strike-out')
-				})
-			})
+						.addClass('strike-out') }) })
 			// clear the to_remove items + save list...
 			.on('close', function(){
 				// prevent editing non-arrays...
 				if(!editable){
-					return
-				}
+					return }
 
 				lst = dialog.__list[id]
 
@@ -1188,20 +1177,18 @@ function(list, options){
 					.forEach(function(e){
 						var i = lst.indexOf(e)
 						i >= 0 
-							&& lst.splice(i, 1)
-					})
+							&& lst.splice(i, 1) })
 
 				// sort...
 				if(options.sort){
-					lst.sort(options.sort !== true ? options.sort : undefined)
-				}
+					lst.sort(
+						options.sort !== true ? 
+							options.sort 
+							: undefined) }
 
-				write(list, lst)
-			})
-	}
+				write(list, lst) }) }
 
-	return $(res)
-}
+	return $(res) }