i fixed the category display. categories are now back in a column to the side of the topic list. this applies to desktop only, and i made sure to fix both the light and dark themes. mobile still displays as it always has, without multiple columns.
the original switch that moved categories under threads was a new default forced on all discourse 2.2.0b5 users by discourse upstream. there was considerable complaint from the rest of the discourse user community, and they came up with several solutions; this one needed a new add-on. when i updated our forum software yesterday, it was one of a few new upstream defaults in the latest version, some not as good as others.
one nice thing about updating to discourse 2.2.0b5 is the improvement to the mobile view. finally, the top navbar and menu are persistent and useful again; they doesn’t keep vanishing when scrolling.
this update is otherwise pretty solid, but let us know if you find any odd things that are broken anywhere. thanks, all!