Continue to advocate for this as well. Posted about it in the official discord a few weeks ago.

I did want to say TY for putting this behind a feature toggle so we can disable it as needed.

Agree! I like the new timeline view - its great, but why get rid of the side bar? Duplication? Maybe - but the side bar is much easier to see scenes and chapters especially in larger projects. I'd rather use the old time line with the sidebar, than the new timeline without it/built into the timeline.

100%!! It's a big disappointment...

Agree

Agreed!!! That is how I did most of my editing. Loved the view that made editing seamless for big projects and adjusting scenes

I agree! Editing long videos with the sidebar and copying and pasting the layout were easy. Having it in the script makes it all more complicated and time consuming.

Removing them was probably the most out of touch update I've seen on Descript so far. They clearly don't realize how helpful it is and how useless the tiny thumbnail scene indicators in the transcript are in comparison

Being able to quickly scroll through the scenes, see a preview thumbnail that was big enough to notice how the shot looks, and navigate to that scene with a click was one of Descript's best features for long-form content. Removing it has genuinely made my editing process take longer

Agreed, having the scenes in the sidebar was easier to understand and use. Now it's counterintuitive and not helpful

I was looking for this today while editing a two-hour video and was disappointed it's gone. The thumbnails in the sidebar are really helpful visual references when navigating throughout long-form media.

I'd love to know the rationale behind these changes because more and more it feels like Descript is an internal tool for entirely separate company where devs / PMs try stuff out.