This is EXACTLY what I need.
However, I am concerned about the speed issues, and the necessity of reapplying the mod for every new release.
This having been said, I have an expanded "fivelinks" nav bar at the top of my forum:
http://forum.bearsharelabs.com
or
http://208.239.76.100
I want to have the "Logout" icon change to "Login" depending on the state of the user.
It would also be nice to have a "Post" icon appear in the list at the appropriate time.
And, it would be cool to NOT show the "User control panel" icon when they are actually already viewing the control panel.
While we're at it, it would be good not to show the Admin icon unless they actually had administrator privileges.
The possibilities are endless.