UI bar at the top

[adamc]

... maybe I'm misremembering, but the bar at the top (with Youtube, Twitter, etc.) seems new, or at least different. I am finding it irritating and intrusive, in part because it floats up there even when I scroll. Is there a way to turn it off?

 

[MarkB]

I'd also appreciate such an option. I don't use social-networking sites, and everything else up there was easy enough to access from the standard site interface.

EDIT: Also, I've just noticed that when you jump to the newest unread message in a thread, the bar obscures the message text.

 

[Ahnehnois]

That bar also has the notifications and account settings, which are kind of sine qua non. I'm guessing removing it is not an option.

It appears to be doing real time notifications, which to me is nice. I won't use all that social networking stuff either, but my guess is we'll just have to get used to the new interface.

 

[JamesonCourage]

I'd also appreciate such an option. I don't use social-networking sites, and everything else up there was easy enough to access from the standard site interface.

EDIT: Also, I've just noticed that when you jump to the newest unread message in a thread, the bar obscures the message text.

Same exact feelings here. I find the fact that it follows me and obscures text pretty annoying. I can live with it, obviously, but just giving feedback. (It doesn't help that I'm not at all interesting in mixing websites and strongly dislike cross-contamination, so I don't like the social networking stuff being the possible cause of this new decision.)

 

[Lwaxy]

I would like it gone, too - I don't use social networking much either, in fact we forbid facebook and some other stuff on our network. I find it intrusive as well.Especially since I can't seem to block just the facebook icon as I used to do before. I am also bad at remembering icon meanings and prefer the info about what a link is in text not as some icon. And the following me around is beyond annoying.

 

[JamesonCourage]

I'm also getting notifications when people are posting in threads I've posted in, and I was fairly certain I had that box unchecked... any way to disable that feature, if nothing else?

 

[Ahnehnois]

I'm also getting notifications when people are posting in threads I've posted in, and I was fairly certain I had that box unchecked... any way to disable that feature, if nothing else?

Yes. Click the notification bell, then click settings in the new popup window, then uncheck:
Enable Notification when someone posts a reply

That stopped it for me.

 

[JamesonCourage]

Yes. Click the notification bell, then click settings in the new popup window, then uncheck:
Enable Notification when someone posts a reply

That stopped it for me.

Weird. I had double checked the settings through the regular settings menu, and don't remember seeing that option. Thanks, hopefully that does the trick.

 

[Umbran]

Yes. Click the notification bell, then click settings in the new popup window, then uncheck:
Enable Notification when someone posts a reply

That stopped it for me.

The problem is that *elsewhere* in your account settings (in among the "user tagging" settings) are checkboxes that would seem to be for the same functionality that aren't being obeyed.

Those are phrased to "ignore" notifications, and the ones above are for enabling notifications, and they shouldn't both be there - one or the other.

 

[Ahnehnois]

[MENTION=177]Umbran[/MENTION]
This is true; I also noticed that.