diff --git a/TODO.otl b/TODO.otl
index 426965c..4affd49 100755
--- a/TODO.otl
+++ b/TODO.otl
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@
 		| touchdown point.
 		[_] BUG: no drag threshold on excludedElements (TouchSwipe)
 		| stalled...
-	[_] 60% general todo
+	[_] 58% general todo
+		[_] navigator -- indicate position in thumbnail mode...
 		[_] magazine loader and data format...
 		[_] make layer default state configurable...
 		| e.g. setting "shown"/"hidden" classes in HTML and adding 
diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index 23b20c9..af740a1 100755
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 	$('.button.prev-article').swipe({click: prevArticle})
 
 	loadState()
+	setupNavigator()
 
 	togglePageView('on')
 
@@ -117,6 +118,12 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
 		<div class="button next-article">Next Article</div>
 	</div>
 	<div class="bottom-toolbar">
+		<!-- position indicator -->
+		<div class="navigator">
+			<div class="bar">
+				<div class="indicator"></div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
 		<!-- this is just an example-->
 		<a href="#home">Cover</a> |
 		<a href="#prevArticle">Previous article</a> |
diff --git a/magazine.css b/magazine.css
index ceab9d0..ca8b4d4 100755
--- a/magazine.css
+++ b/magazine.css
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ body {
 	background: black;
 	opacity: 0.4;
 
-	height: 50px;
+	height: 70px;
 	left: 0px;
 
 	font-size: 14px;
@@ -241,6 +241,38 @@ body {
 	height: 0px;
 }
 
+/* navigator... */
+.navigator {
+}
+.navigator .bar {
+	position: relative;
+	display: inline-block;
+	margin: 10px;
+	width: 50%;
+	height: 5px;
+	background: silver;
+	overflow: visible;
+
+	cursor: hand;
+}
+.navigator .bar .article,
+.navigator .bar .indicator {
+	position: absolute;
+	/* set this to the percentage of a page from magazine length */
+	width: 1%;
+	min-width: 10px;
+	height: 100%;
+}
+.navigator .bar .article {
+	background: white;
+}
+.navigator .bar .indicator {
+	background: yellow;
+	height: 200%;
+
+	opacity: 0.7;
+}
+
 
 /* splash screen. used to hide loading and aligning elements */
 .splash {
diff --git a/magazine.js b/magazine.js
index db3dcb2..7a833ce 100755
--- a/magazine.js
+++ b/magazine.js
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ function swipeHandler(evt, phase, direction, distance, duration, fingers){
 		} else if(direction == 'right') {
 			mag.css({left: -n*cur.width()+distance/scale})
 		}
+		// XXX should this be here...
+		updateNavigator()
 
 	} else if(phase == 'start'){
 		togglePageDragging('on')
@@ -261,6 +263,8 @@ function setCurrentPage(n, W){
 	// XXX should this be here???
 	saveState()
 
+	mag.trigger('pageChanged', n)
+	
 	return cur
 }
 
@@ -293,10 +297,10 @@ function nextArticle(){
 	// we are at the magazine cover...
 	if(cur.length == 0){
 		return setCurrentPage(
-			$('.article .page:first-child').first())
+			$('.magazine .article .page:first-child').first())
 	}
 	// just find the next one...
-	var articles = $('.article')
+	var articles = $('.magazine .article')
 	return setCurrentPage(
 		$(articles[Math.min(articles.index(cur)+1, articles.length-1)])
 			.children('.page')
@@ -310,7 +314,7 @@ function prevArticle(){
 		return setCurrentPage()
 	}
 	// just find the prev one...
-	var articles = $('.article')
+	var articles = $('.magazine .article')
 	return setCurrentPage(
 		$(articles[Math.max(articles.index(cur)-1, 0)])
 			.children('.page')
@@ -444,6 +448,95 @@ function saveState(){
 
 
 
+/******************************************************* navigator ***/
+
+function makeArticleIndicator(i, article, width){
+	var bar = $('.navigator .bar')
+	var article = $(article)
+	var n = getPageNumber(article.children('.cover').first())
+	$('<div/>')
+		.prependTo($('.navigator .bar'))
+		.addClass('article')
+		.css({
+			width: width,
+			left: width*n
+		})
+	return article
+}
+
+function setupArticleIndicators(W){
+	var articles = $('.magazine .article')
+	// cleanup...
+	$('.indicator .bar .article').remove()
+	// set article positions...
+	articles.each(function(i, e){return makeArticleIndicator(i, e, W)})
+}
+	
+
+function setupNavigator(){
+	var bar = $('.navigator .bar')
+	var elems = $('.navigator .indicator, .navigator .article')
+	var pos = $('.navigator .indicator')
+	var pages = $('.page').length
+	var mag = $('.magazine')
+
+	var W = bar.width()/pages
+
+	setupArticleIndicators(W)
+
+	// set navigator element sizes...
+	elems.css({
+		width: W
+	})
+
+	updateNavigator()
+	
+	// setup event handlers...
+	mag.on('pageChanged', function(e, n){updateNavigator(n)})
+	bar.swipe({
+		click: function(evt){
+			
+		}
+	})
+}
+
+
+function updateNavigator(n){
+	var mag = $('.magazine')
+	var page = $('.page')
+	var bar = $('.navigator .bar')
+	var pos = $('.navigator .indicator')
+
+	var pn = page.length
+
+	var bW = bar.width()
+	var mW = mag.width()
+	var PW = page.width()
+	var pW = bar.width()/pn
+
+	if(n == null){
+		// XXX something is wrong with this...
+		// 		some times the indicator height gets set to the same value
+		// 		as its length and it works, at other times it gets the
+		// 		correct height and stops working...
+		// 		NOTE: this does not depend on source state.
+		var res = (-parseFloat(mag.css('left'))/(mW-PW)) * (bW-pW)
+	} else {
+		res = pW*n
+	}
+
+	// normalize the position...
+	res = res > 0 ? res: 0
+	res = res < (bW-pW) ? res: (bW-pW)
+
+	// set indicator position...
+	pos.css({
+		left: res 
+	})
+}
+
+
+
 /********************************************************** editor ***/
 
 // XXX create magazine...