# Some thoughts about the new webdesing **URL:** \ **Category:** UX Feedback\ **Tags:** web\ **Created:** [October 23, 2026, 1:00pm UTC](https://community.joinmastodon.org/t/some-thoughts-about-the-new-webdesing/272 "2026-10-23T13:00:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2

**Author:** ![derptron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@derptron](https://community.joinmastodon.org/u/derptron)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2026, 1:21pm UTC](https://community.joinmastodon.org/t/some-thoughts-about-the-new-webdesing/272/2 "2026-10-23T13:21:40Z")

I agree that the right hand side is wasted space. This is where I could also find the “trending” area, which is now in a rather obscure, confusing location and I’m not even sure I’m seeing the trending things and not just whatever is new now. I really miss “trending”. I miss seeing “notifications” spelled out and on the right. Now it’s this tiny little thing in a weird place. I find it way uglier. I don’t particularly like recent trends in UI design and this seems to go whole hog. It’s maybe nicer on mobile but on desktop I hate it and that’s where I use mastodon. I guess I’ll get used to it but I do keep looking for stuff I used to readily find in that now totally empty space to the right and realizing it’s nowhere or really tiny now, or way off in some obscure land maybe. I ask myself WTF? I get upset. I look around a bit and leave. It actually is discouraging. Not trying to be a Nixon. It’s actually good for me, but yeah, I don’t like it. I miss seeing my custom banner and bigger profile pic too. I just really don’t see why it was changed this much and so much eliminated. It’s way less usable for me. Maybe just a focus on mobile with total disregard for desktop users? I really wish sites would stop doing that… --- _[View the full topic](https://community.joinmastodon.org/t/some-thoughts-about-the-new-webdesing/272)._