New Thingy At Top Of Front Page

[Shrink]

Originally Posted by Mr. McMac

Oh, ok! Thanks!! lol! I've seen it already, just didn't know it was called a thingy

My fault, I guess.

Very limited vocabulary...

[eawmp1]

Originally Posted by Shrink

My fault, I guess.

Very limited vocabulary...

Thingy good

Fire bad

[Mr. McMac]

Originally Posted by Shrink

My fault, I guess.

Very limited vocabulary...

I think they should officially call it that

[smithrh]

Just a minor FYI - I was watching some YouTube (H.264, not flash) in full screen via Safari the other day, and every few seconds it would slow down in a very noticeable fashion - even stopping for a few hundred milleseconds.

I happened to have another Safari window open to the home page of MacRumors, and sure enough, the slowdown matched when the thingy did its thing.

Killed that Safari window and all became well on the H.264 video side.

Again, just an FYI, I'm not thinking there's anything to address or fix, more of a community announcement.

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by Shrink

New Thingy At Top Of Front Page...

...is a distraction. Looks like an ad (i.e. not very clean). “Roundups” is a much cleaner solution, IMHO.

[SandboxGeneral]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

...is a distraction. Looks like an ad (i.e. not very clean). “Roundups” is a much cleaner solution, IMHO.

There is the option to minimize it with the little arrow. Does that work better for you? I believe the aim for this new feature is to try to help less-frequent visitors stay on top of the biggest developments.

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by SandboxGeneral

There is the option to minimize it with the little arrow. Does that work better for you? I believe the aim for this new feature is to try to help less-frequent visitors stay on top of the biggest developments.

Yeah, and it requires one additional click. It is still like an ad. Click on it, then it does something. I ignore it for now.

[Shrink]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

Yeah, and it requires one additional click. It is still like an ad. Click on it, then it does something. I ignore it for now.

OMG!!!

An additional click!!!

Life just becomes more and more difficult, doesn't it?!

An additional click...

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by Shrink

An additional click...

I expected such an answer. ;-)

If you visit MR 50.000 times in one year, then this are 50.000 unnecessary clicks.

[Shrink]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

I expected such an answer. ;-)

If you visit MR 50.000 times in one year, then this are 50.000 unnecessary clicks.

So you visit MR 136.99 times a day??

Possibly a teeny bit of exaggeration??

[MisterKeeks]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

If you visit MR 50.000 times in one year, then this are 50.000 unnecessary clicks.

If you visit Macrumors 50,000 times a year, I think the amount of clicks should be the least of your concerns.

[arn]

Originally Posted by Mr. Retrofire

I expected such an answer. ;-)

If you visit MR 50.000 times in one year, then this are 50.000 unnecessary clicks.

The click is stored in a cookie. So it results in 1 extra click depending on how long the cookie is stored (couple of months I think).

The whole block is a work in progress. It will likely change and come and go. Right now we are testing it, and seeing how it's used (tracking how many times its clicked).

arn

[Mr. Retrofire]

Originally Posted by arn

The click is stored in a cookie. So it results in 1 extra click depending on how long the cookie is stored (couple of months I think).

The whole block is a work in progress. It will likely change and come and go. Right now we are testing it, and seeing how it's used (tracking how many times its clicked).

OK thanks for the info! iCalm down-a bit. ;-)

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Originally Posted by Shrink

So you visit MR 136.99 times a day??

136.986301369863014 times/day.

Originally Posted by Shrink

Possibly a teeny bit of exaggeration??

Exaggeration? This is the truth! ;-)

[Macman45]

Originally Posted by Shrink

OMG!!!

An additional click!!!

Life just becomes more and more difficult, doesn't it?!

An additional click...

Since my settings take me right to the forums, I would have missed this one..Actually, the front page is looking..err..( awaits incoming)..snappier Seriously, it's a cleaner look.

[Shrink]

Originally Posted by arn

The whole block is a work in progress. It will likely change and come and go. Right now we are testing it, and seeing how it's used (tracking how many times its clicked).

arn

IT"S BAAAAACCKK!!