I was about to tell you about that, but since it’s a known issue now I guess we will have to wait…
Also i don’t see anymore the dismiss button in the notifications tab, only appears when i click twice either notification button so that it shows the longer list of notifications…
https://blenderartists.org/categories
this is the old default I think and I wish it were still the default landing
how do I hide the bar?
Click the hamburger menu or press = on your keyboard
Shouldn’t the shortcut say “Toggle” then?
Yep, fixed!
Just switch back to the non-Art theme, see top post.
click support in sidebar, click new topic… can’t actually click new topic.
Is it possible to go back to the All Categories being the homepage? I usually skip all the artworks and only quickly glance over the featured ones. So why am I now forced to click to go to the all categories? I also don’t see a way to turn this back on in the preferences…
As for the site categories @Fweeb isn’t procedural (modeling/ texturing) a process in and of its own? 
I would say, create Mesh modeling, Sculpting, Grease Pencil and Procedural categories, if possible, since then it’s much easier to find things regarding a certain workflow. The name is a feature, but it entails a workflow (process).
It’s not related to this update per se - it’s a new “art” theme (check Preferences or bottom left corner)
Ah yes, I see, it’s this one:
Thanks @stray!
I do think that this shouldn’t be the default, people will have trouble finding their way around.
Poll and discussion here:
OK… How can I revert to the old UI of BA?
The main page is really annoying me atm… I know there’s new stuff and all, but if I find the new startpage really noisy.,
Sorry…
Change your theme to not-art home
now the site has become more convenient, thanks) I really liked the sidebar 
This 
@obsurveyor summed up perflectly my frustration about this “
” link in the sidebar.
For me, It is currently completely useless as I never never see any counter on this line (ie: 2 unread).
I wish so much that this “Tracked” link would lead me to https://blenderartists.org/latest?state=tracking or https://blenderartists.org/unread and display the number of unread posts on topics that I track.
I’ve been fine with my solution(the Tampermonkey script I posted higher up) to add a menu to the dropdown on my Profile:
I lost the ability to see how many Unreads are left in this menu but oh well, I get what I need access to from any pages on the site with the same muscle memory. I don’t really use the Tracked Tags link now that I know if I track tags, those threads I enter are automatically tracked which I don’t want but it balances out the menu. I hid the sidebar completely.
Thank you very much, @obsurveyor for your script. I am currently using it with TamperMonkey on Firefox.
EDIT:
I modified your script a little bit, adding other links that I find useful.
I had to add .user-menu.revamped .quick-access-panel { min-height: 500px; } in order to display all the usual links in the “Profile area” but somehow, it broke the padding between the Summary, Activity, Invites, Drafts, … links.
// ==UserScript==
// @name Blender Artists - Add Nav Menu
// @namespace http://tampermonkey.net/
// @version 0.2
// @description No need for the sidebar
// @author You
// @match https://blenderartists.org/*
// @grant none
// @require https://gist.github.com/raw/2625891/waitForKeyElements.js
// ==/UserScript==
(function() {
'use strict';
waitForKeyElements('#quick-access-all-notifications', function(el) {
let markup = $(`
<style>
#obs-common-links {
display: flex;
flex-wrap: wrap;
justify-content: right;
}
#obs-common-links a {
color: var(--primary);
font-size: var(--font-up-1);
}
#obs-common-links div {
width: 50%;
}
#obs-common-links div:hover {
background: var(--highlight-medium);
}
/* Required to make the Profile area on the right panel display all usual links, otherwise they would be cut off */
.user-menu.revamped .quick-access-panel {
min-height: 500px;
}
</style>
<div id="obs-common-links">
<div><a href="/latest">Latest</a></div>
<div><a href="https://blenderartists.org/search?expanded=true&q=in%3Alikes%20order%3Alatest">I liked</a></div>
<div><a href="/unread">Unread</a></div>
<div><a href="https://blenderartists.org/search?expanded=true&q=in%3Aseen%20order%3Alatest">I read</a></div>
<div><a href="/latest?state=tracking">Tracked</a></div>
<div><a href="https://blenderartists.org/u/obsurveyor/activity/bookmarks">My Bookmarks</a></div>
<div><a href="https://blenderartists.org/u/obsurveyor/activity/topics">My Topics</a></div>
<div><a href="https://blenderartists.org/search?expanded=true&q=%40obsurveyor%20order%3Alatest">My Replies</a></div>
</div>
<hr>
`);
$(el).prepend(markup);
});
})();
I tend to think that it would be pretty convenient to add a “Guidelines” link between About and FAQ :
And maybe also add a paragraph in the FAQ pointing at the Guidelines.
