Chatbox Edge Swiping Inversion

I don't personally have the update myself, but the new update to allow swiping to the edge panels left or right from anywhere on the chat box seems excessive.  I don't swipe perfectly up or down to scroll backlogs, but will swipe with a little bit of diagonal movement. 

I think instead of this UI change, adding an option to increase the surface needed to swipe reveal left or right on the edges would be more comfortable as another accessibility option.