# User icon toolbar now (worse as) a sidebar **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [April 27, 2023, 11:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-icon-toolbar-now-worse-as-a-sidebar/983263 "2023-04-27T11:42:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2023, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-icon-toolbar-now-worse-as-a-sidebar/983263/2 "2023-04-27T11:58:34Z")
But in the process, they also fixed the notifications in the Vincent theme. It’s been almost unusable for the last two and a half months. So that’s a huge improvement. But, FWIW, my initial impression of the icons getting moved is ‘meh’. It’s not like I used them all that much and they’re still in essentially the same place, so I’m not going to have to go looking for them. Of course, that’s just me. If you use them enough that you can click on them just with muscle memory, I imagine it’s going to be a whole lot more annoying for the next week or so until you get used to it. (Having said that, maybe I’ll hate it too, but I’ve only interacted with it a few times so far). > [@Vincent Theme not working again?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/vincent-theme-not-working-again/980298): > > This started for me yesterday afternoon I believe. I’ve only checked it on my computer, but with both Firefox and Chrome with the same results. So that should rule out fa browser issue. My issue is that in the notification box, threads I haven’t clicked on normally have a blue background to stand out against everything else, which has a black background. It should look something like this (this isn’t the area I’m currently having an issue with, it’s just an example of another ‘drop down’ type … ETA, I want to emphasize, at least for those of us on Vincent, the notification colors being fixed is such a huge improvement, it’s likely to overshadow any negative impacts from the icons getting moved. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/user-icon-toolbar-now-worse-as-a-sidebar/983263)._