The sidebar isn't gone - just use the top left menu button and it comes up. The top right menu button bring up the rest of the site navigation. Both of these buttons are positioned next to the logo at the top of the page.
That said, for those of you who really just don't want a mobile layout, it can now be disabled from either the edit profile page on the forum or on the the sites (e.g. on Spriters Resource). Since storing this preference is handled by the database, an account is required to toggle it which means guests will always see the mobile layout but members can disable it at will. I hope this is sufficient for those of you who don't want it.
Also, just as a quick point of reference, the icons are big on purpose. I get that it means a lot of scrolling in some cases but the goal of the mobile layout is to make the site touch-friendly and making everything smaller would defeat that purpose.
That said, for those of you who really just don't want a mobile layout, it can now be disabled from either the edit profile page on the forum or on the the sites (e.g. on Spriters Resource). Since storing this preference is handled by the database, an account is required to toggle it which means guests will always see the mobile layout but members can disable it at will. I hope this is sufficient for those of you who don't want it.
Also, just as a quick point of reference, the icons are big on purpose. I get that it means a lot of scrolling in some cases but the goal of the mobile layout is to make the site touch-friendly and making everything smaller would defeat that purpose.