The sidebar master message list at the bottom is cool for seeing what's going on, but without a way to easily see more context, I find myself never actually using it. I'll see an intriguing message and wonder what the rest of it says, or what the context is, but if I want to go find it, I have to hover of the message, memorize the ID, then manually go to the page using the id.
Unless there's already a way to do this? I know you're probably worried about having too many elements, but I think a functional sidebar is more important. What are your thoughts on that?