ChatGPT's new MacOS layout draws flak for crowding out laptop screens
Ecstatic_Mammoth_421 · reddit · 2026-09-26
A user details why ChatGPT's new MacOS layout works worse on laptops: the old design let you maximize workspace with a hover-only sidebar, while the new persistent sidebar plus in-line chat list shifts content around and eats horizontal space. The author asks OpenAI to restore a hoverable sidebar and make the new Images/Library panel fully hideable.
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