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Discussion on: Hello again. It's time to do some work!

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Tomas Sheers

I'm a bit late to the party, but here goes.

I use Dev.to exclusively on mobile and didn't even know that there was a hidden sidebar for the first few months.

The button to expand the sidebar looks like a database symbol, so in my head I didn't make the connection that it could be a hidden menu.

I also didn't try swiping in from the left because there was no indication to do so. And because my phone users gestures, swiping in from the left goes back to the previous page, so I don't usually attempt that gesture to navigate the same page.

I also didn't notice the bottom bar with the heart/unicorn/tag for weeks. I didn't know how to heart a post I was reading without going back to the main feed, searching for the post, and clicking the heart there.

Maybe if there is a new visitor, do some sort of intro to show those things. I know the bottom bar is clearly there, but my brain doesn't see it.