'Shares' Sidebar

[Lord Bracknell]

Apart from anything else, what's the point of "sharing"? I come on NSC to read the views of other NSC users and to contribute to some of the discussions. Sharing all of this with other contacts who aren't NSC users strikes me as being simple self-indulgence.

 

[Bozza]

Very annoying and would never be of use for me. The browser is bad enough on an iPad these days anyway, adding more stuff isn't going to help. I'm using NSC less and less every day.

Bad enough in what way?

I use NSC on an iPad daily and selfishly ensure that any changes I make, which are few, are fine on an iPad.

iPads account for c30% of NSC's 'mobile' traffic (iPhones account for 35%) so I always try to make sure that the experience doesn't suffer.

(I know I need to find a solution for the ad banner over-running the NSC logo)

 

[Bozza]

Apart from anything else, what's the point of "sharing"? I come on NSC to read the views of other NSC users and to contribute to some of the discussions. Sharing all of this with other contacts who aren't NSC users strikes me as being simple self-indulgence.

15% of NSC's traffic comes from someone clicking on a link on a social network - mainly Twitter and Facebook.

 

[StonehamPark]

All for the love of Google, I dare say!

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Bad enough in what way?

I use NSC on an iPad daily and selfishly ensure that any changes I make, which are few, are fine on an iPad.

iPads account for c30% of NSC's 'mobile' traffic (iPhones account for 35%) so I always try to make sure that the experience doesn't suffer.

(I know I need to find a solution for the ad banner over-running the NSC logo)

Nothing to do with NSC, but since the last couple of iOS updates, scrolling up on a page using Safari is dreadful, it can't keep up. I didn't think it was peculiar to me, having seen other complaints, but I find I use browsing less and less and just use dedicated apps. NSC used to be the vast majority if my iPad time, now I maybe look at it twice a week and use facebook a lot more, albeit for different things.

 

[Mr Putdown]

I find it extremely irritating and of no practical use to me personally, but then I hate them on every site I use.

I no longer even bother with the site of our local newspaper down here as their implementation of floating sidebars is too intrusive.

 

[Everest]

I have not noticed it, neither large nor small.

I hate it and blame Barber.

 

[Hampster Gull]

Annoying, ugly, pointless.

Additionally, there is increasingly too many scripts on NSC which causes it to run very poorly on some devices.

suspect it may not be pointless to Bozza, hence why he is testing it

 

[Notters]

I hadn't bloody noticed it until you mentioned it

 

[Bozza]

suspect it may not be pointless to Bozza, hence why he is testing it

I'm just seeing if people use it - I'll be loosely monitoring traffic from social networks to see if it's made any difference. If it doesn't get used much, then I'll get rid of it.

 

[MattBackHome]

I hadn't noticed it, but now I have I can't take my eyes off it. It's like a magic eye picture or something.

 

[Everest]

Is it still there?
I can't see any shares sidebar.

 

[Official Old Man]

And what's with SumoMe (bottom right)? Is a giant Japanese fella going to come round if I disagree with Bozza?
Derren Brown played that game of not looking at his fingers but the more he told you not too look the more you looked. Stop looking, has it gone away.

 

[Official Old Man]

Bozza, more info on SumoMe please as I may use it on my web site. Is it really free?
To everyone else, TURN OFF ADBLOCKER ON THIS SITE.

 

[Biscuit]

The fact it keeps coming back is annoying.

Rep/Thumbs = Good
Annoying social sidebars = Bad.

Whatever happened to rep? I thought it was useful,

 

[Hillian1]

I've been thinking all morning that I had a virus FFS.

Hate it by the way, get rid.

 

[Titanic]

Smaller is an improvement. I cannot see myself EVER using it... so not there at all would be better for me.

 

[sten_super]

Not a massive fan, but it's a lot less intrusive on NSC Modern - I suspect many of those complaining about it are on the NSC Classic view.

 

[surrey jim]

Annoying, ugly, pointless.

Additionally, there is increasingly too many scripts on NSC which causes it to run very poorly on some devices.

+1 to this. Keep having scripts crash internet explorer when opening a thread.

 

[Hamilton]

I like it. It's not stopping me reading the content. I may even share it with someone I know.

Have I said something bad?