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J_B

Now can we PLEASE get rid of that irritating 'quick links' drop down monstrosity?

elsien

J_B said:

Now can we PLEASE get rid of that irritating 'quick links' drop down monstrosity?

I like that. It’s an improvement on what we had before.,

J_B

elsien said:

J_B said:

Now can we PLEASE get rid of that irritating 'quick links' drop down monstrosity?

I like that. It’s an improvement on what we had before.,

Sorry? Don't understand.

Before there were all sorts of links around the table that I could ignore whereas now this 'white monstrosity' takes over the page whenever I errantly move my mouse towards the top of the page

elsien

I think that’s because you’re on a laptop or desktop. It’s okay on a mobile which I think the forum is now more oriented towards.

J_B

elsien said:

I think that’s because you’re on a laptop or desktop. It’s okay on a mobile which I think the forum is now more oriented towards.

Indeed - it would be interesting to know what the split between mobile, tablet and PC.

Many decent sites have separate mobile and desktop options .... hmm

EnglishWelshie

J_B said:

elsien said:

I think that’s because you’re on a laptop or desktop. It’s okay on a mobile which I think the forum is now more oriented towards.

Indeed - it would be interesting to know what the split between mobile, tablet and PC.

Many decent sites have separate mobile and desktop options .... hmm

I'm a pc user and it was driving me mad so I have blocked them all using adblock+ and block elements. No drop downs at all now. Shouldn't have to do that but the only option for me until something gets done about it as I normally have quite a few competition tabs open and going backwards and forwards with it dropping down all the time was a pain.

NorfolkCanary

I'm sorry, but this arrangement is dreadful, yes desktop:

Takes out far too much (almost half) of the screen and gets in way, if using bookmark links for example. I'm sure a floating option on the left would be better

cymruchris

NorfolkCanary said:

I'm sorry, but this arrangement is dreadful, yes desktop:

Takes out far too much (almost half) of the screen and gets in way, if using bookmark links for example. I'm sure a floating option on the left would be better

It's been previously mentioned many times, but admin have recently confirmed we are stuck with it. There's no option to remove it, and no option to disable it without it affecting something else. So as much as I hate it, you hate it, and the majority of users on the boards hate it - there's nothing (for now) we can do about it.

I'm sure there was some debate before the chosen forum software was selected, but I'm surprised nobody on the development/management team spotted that as an issue, or said 'ah that's ok' when the decision was made.I imagine we're stuck with it until the next major update - which will be who knows when (likely years in the future sadly). 

NorfolkCanary

cymruchris said:

NorfolkCanary said:

I'm sorry, but this arrangement is dreadful, yes desktop:

Takes out far too much (almost half) of the screen and gets in way, if using bookmark links for example. I'm sure a floating option on the left would be better

It's been previously mentioned many times, but admin have recently confirmed we are stuck with it. There's no option to remove it, and no option to disable it without it affecting something else. So as much as I hate it, you hate it, and the majority of users on the boards hate it - there's nothing (for now) we can do about it.

I'm sure there was some debate before the chosen forum software was selected, but I'm surprised nobody on the development/management team spotted that as an issue, or said 'ah that's ok' when the decision was made.I imagine we're stuck with it until the next major update - which will be who knows when (likely years in the future sadly). 

Indeed! I'd hope there was alpha & beta testing of the 'final' arrangement or layout. But as with many things these days it seems the obvious in oftern overlooked (edit: including my spelling )

I'm sure it'd look better (excuse the 5 minute MS paint job!):

nobby1963

Just to say thanks for sorting the ‘ mark category read ‘ I can definitely live with that.
Cheers
Nobby.