Any way to turn off the "tweets" button

Nagol · Oct 26, 2012

I notice a new Tweets button on the left edge of the browser. Any way to turn off this visual annoyance?

Alan Shutko · Oct 26, 2012

I've used the UserCSS extension to do this, until/unless we get a switch.

div#tb_wcont_wtb { display: none !important; }

JamesonCourage · Oct 27, 2012

It is annoying. I hate scaling toolbars, etc. on the side (or bottom/top) of the screen that follow me around when they're something I have absolutely no interest in. It makes sense to utilize it for people that want it, but is there a button I can click somewhere to get rid of it?

Quickleaf · Oct 31, 2012

Seconded, er, fourthed, whatever.

Holy Bovine · Nov 1, 2012

I can't wait until StreamoftheSky sees this one

Nikosandros · Nov 1, 2012

Another vote for the possibility of removing that button.

Scott DeWar · Nov 1, 2012

Quickleaf said:
Seconded, er, fourthed, whatever.

Nikosandros said:
Another vote for the possibility of removing that button.

and another vote for the removal

JamesonCourage · Nov 2, 2012

Any word on this? Even a "no, we're not planning on that at the moment" would be nice to hear.

Obryn · Nov 2, 2012

Adblock+ can at least hide it... It's still there, but you don't need to see it.

I'm thinking NoScript should handle it readily, too.

-O

Umbran · Nov 2, 2012

JamesonCourage said:
Any word on this? Even a "no, we're not planning on that at the moment" would be nice to hear.

That button is not, in fact, an intended new feature. It is a bug - something that apparently accidentally got turned on as part of the server tune-up work that, while paused momentarily, will be ongoing.

So, please consider the button to be akin to our occasional downtimes - an inconvenience that'll go away when the maintenance is done (unless, of course, we see that folks are using it and like it, in general, in which case maybe it'll stay).