Can we just all agree to keep the damn sidebar available - if UX wants to remove it, fine, as long as users have the ability to easily permanently pin it back open if they wish to do so.
By now GitLab UX should realize that enough developers find great utility in that sidebar.
I sincerely apologize if the tone in my post offends anyone - I let my frustration with this issue get the better of me while writing my comment.
However, I do stand behind the main points of what I wrote:
1. It's disappointing and frustrating to see what is almost the same issue coming up only 9 months later (please look at the link I shared above), where now I'm seeing all the same arguments in favor and against the side bar in these comments as well as in the new related issue thread. We are going through almost the same exercise again.
2. On removing the sidebar - allowing the sidebar to appear and be pinned would be a more inclusive UI/UX choice. Please allow us to pin it again.
I will also add that over the last 1.5 years we've been using GitLab EE the GitLab team has been awesome. I'm continually amazed at how quickly many feature requests become part of GitLab.
9 months ago we went through a very similar version of this: https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/issues/18542
Can we just all agree to keep the damn sidebar available - if UX wants to remove it, fine, as long as users have the ability to easily permanently pin it back open if they wish to do so.
By now GitLab UX should realize that enough developers find great utility in that sidebar.