> Our first change, a collapsible sidebar, allows users to collapse the lengthy menu found on the left side of each page. This change helps improve usability and focus by allowing people to concentrate on the content itself, whether reading or editing.
Ah, more designers trying to justify things. Every site now has a hidden menu/hamburger nonsense, with the goal of "clean" design.
They aren't hiding anything, they are providing the _option_ to hide. I will hide that sidebar and be grateful for it. I'm hugely appreciative of their goal of allowing for an improved reading experience, and they are doing it in a way that will have no effect whatsoever on you if you like the presence of the sidebar. There is no hit to UX or discoverability here.
It's collapsable, implying you don't have to collapse it if you don't want.
The eye strain thing was referring to the maximum line width feature. Studies have shown that longer-width lines are harder to read than shorter-width lines.
But sure, you could just imagine that they're doing these changes because they need to justify their jobs.
Ah, more designers trying to justify things. Every site now has a hidden menu/hamburger nonsense, with the goal of "clean" design.
It's terrible and hurts UX and discoverability.
Eye strain? With a menu? Really?