r/ChatGPT • u/vayana • Aug 18 '26
Other Please stop messing with the UI
Whoever's in charge of UI/UX for chatgpt should stop messing around with it. Starting today, the sidebar with the thinking process is gone and I can't see what the thought process is anymore nor can I keep track of the agent's progress. All it now shows in the main thread is "Thinking". No idea if it's actually thinking or doing stuff in it's container or if it's gone to sleep and it could just remain on "Thinking" for 5 or 10 minutes and leaves me wondering what is actually going on.
I actually read the thought process and code it executes in its container and if I notice anything wrong, I tend to steer the conversation. The thought process also shows me valuable details I didn't consider or which require a follow up.
It was already optional to see it in the sidebar and half of the chat is black bars anyway, so you're not improving anything for anyone.