I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
+1
Thought my mind was playing tricks on me ...never seen those stupid floating
buttons on the average page before.
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
Obtrusive and annoying even on a big 17 inch screen.
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
Obtrusive and annoying even on a big 17 inch screen.
Julie
Furthermore...I zoom the page in to fill up the 17 inch screen for my ageing
eyes and the icons land directly over the catalog images I am trying to scroll
thru. If I lessen the zoom it's not as bad, but still not a welcome "improvement".
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
Obtrusive and annoying even on a big 17 inch screen.
Julie
Furthermore...I zoom the page in to fill up the 17 inch screen for my ageing
eyes and the
icons land directly over the catalog images I am trying to scroll thru.
Yes! This is my gripe, they're simply in the way. They're almost as
bad as a pop-up ad!
If I lessen the zoom it's not as bad, but still not a welcome "improvement".
Thanks for posting this, I thought I clicked something to cause this. And it
is annoying since it appears on top of info I wish to view.
Perhaps we need an icon to click to move the help and to top icons up or down.
Or right or left.
Note to development team, the above line is sarcasm not a suggestion.
In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
Yes, not helpful to have a help button on top of other things you are trying
to use/read. These should be "off active screen"
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
Yes, not helpful to have a help button on top of other things you are trying
to use/read. These should be "off active screen"
Robert
clicking help and trying to find away to disable them doesn't "help"
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
BEWARE: RANT!!!
Once again, we have had a new feature FORCED upon us, with no way to turn it
off! I realize the development team is trying to be helpful with new, easy-to-use
features. *sarcasm* What good are all these trendy little add-ons? We need simplicity
for our new users, and even us older ones! BrickLink can add on all these new
useless things, and yet they can't implement a few roadblocks to curb the
new *sellers* (read: scammers), even after many, many suggestions on how to do
so?
Once again, we have had a new feature FORCED upon us, with no way to turn it
off! I realize the development team is trying to be helpful with new, easy-to-use
features. *sarcasm* What good are all these trendy little add-ons? We need simplicity
for our new users, and even us older ones! BrickLink can add on all these new
useless things, and yet they can't implement a few roadblocks to curb the
new *sellers* (read: scammers), even after many, many suggestions on how to do
so?
Lisa at Brick Dungeon
My question.
Why are the working on this instead of working on instant checkout? Regardless
of how long it took to develop this feature the time would have been better served
working on instant checkout.
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
A workaround for people using Chrome:
- Install the Chrome extension "Stylish Addon";
- Click the new little "S" button, select "Manage Styles" - "Write New Style";
- Give the new style a name, doesn't matter what;
- Change the "Applies to" to "URLs on the domain" and enter "bricklink.com"
in the space following the drop-down;
- In the "Code" section, add ".footer-sticky-links {display: none !important;}";
- Click "Save";
- Reload your BL page.
I agree.
Get rid of this crazy useless option, or at least give us the option of wanting
it or not.
Andre
In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I hate it and it is useless. Especially if you accidently hit it when scrolling
down an order you are packing. Bang right back at the top.
Seriously who thinks of these things? It covers up everything and makes it hard
to even order from another store if one wants to buy the last item on the page.
Have to scroll up just to get rid of the scroll up icon. Trying to help new
users does not mean new users are idiots. I think they know what a scroll bar
is for.
Get rid of it.
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I hate it and it is useless. Especially if you accidently hit it when scrolling
down an order you are packing. Bang right back at the top.
Seriously who thinks of these things? It covers up everything and makes it hard
to even order from another store if one wants to buy the last item on the page.
Have to scroll up just to get rid of the scroll up icon. Trying to help new
users does not mean new users are idiots. I think they know what a scroll bar
is for.
Get rid of it.
Connie
I have the same opinion as Conny: PLEASE GET RID OF IT!
Waltraud
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
I seem to be the only one who likes this "to top" floating button, I liked it
from the first day eBay introduced it and have missed it here since that day.
With the preference for reading Forum threads in full without loading message
after message, this is extremely handy - and PLEASE do not say it's no improvement
compared to the scroll bar. It is: one CLICK compared to CLICK - HOLD - MOVE
(or click at the top of the scoll bar and hold for a while)
For every longer page (and there are many of these - just browse the catalog
in the "List with Images" view, 200 items per page to reduce page loading cycles),
it's indeed very helpful. In addition, it's no opt-out feature at eBay,
and I do not see anyone complaining about this anywhere... just a thought.
I agree that the option to switch this on/off might please everyone - but we
already have tons of settings to understand by new users, even most established
users don't even know all of them.
The "help" link is a different thing, imho - it (only) belongs to the top right
(and has to include an easy way to the TOS and all help pages properly indexed)
and to the bottom where it can already be found.
With the preference for reading Forum threads in full without loading message
after message, this is extremely handy - and PLEASE do not say it's no improvement
compared to the scroll bar. It is: one CLICK compared to CLICK - HOLD - MOVE
(or click at the top of the scoll bar and hold for a while)
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
For every longer page (and there are many of these - just browse the catalog
in the "List with Images" view, 200 items per page to reduce page loading cycles),
it's indeed very helpful. In addition, it's no opt-out feature at eBay,
and I do not see anyone complaining about this anywhere... just a thought.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
No, I don't. I browse with my right hand on the mouse, not on the keyboard.
I tend to use buttons all over the page when browsing, so keeping my right hand
on the mouse appears to be the best way for me.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
Cheers,
Jan
*I just noticed an exception: when browsing a store, the green "Add Items to
Cart" button is indeed covered for a moment if I do not scoll to the very end
of the page.
That's stupid, of course - and should have been spotted by this "world class
development team" before implementation, no excuse.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
You obviously have not tried any mobile devices then.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I browse the site...
You obviously have not tried any mobile devices then.
For mobile devices (a mid-size 4.5" Samsung smartphone with 720x1280px. in my
case) I agree that you need to take a little more care than before, but since
the item lists inside a store can always be zoomed and scrolled, this does not
keep me from doing quick purchases on the phone.
For convenient BL usage on a mobile device, we are in urgent need of a BrickLink
app (or a completely different site layout!) anyways, the current website is
far from being mobile friendly. These two buttons/icons do not even make the
big difference here for me, honestly... If I were a regular tablet user, I might
have had a different opinion on this topic.
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
No, I don't. I browse with my right hand on the mouse, not on the keyboard.
I tend to use buttons all over the page when browsing, so keeping my right hand
on the mouse appears to be the best way for me.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
Cheers,
Jan
*I just noticed an exception: when browsing a store, the green "Add Items to
Cart" button is indeed covered for a moment if I do not scoll to the very end
of the page.
That's stupid, of course - and should have been spotted by this "world class
development team" before implementation, no excuse.
The most frustration I have is browsing a store, "Help" and "To Top" is located
on top of "add to cart" QTY box. I lost my selected items because I accidentally
clicked "help" instead of the "add to cart" QTY box to add items to purchase.
In a nutshell, this "Help" and "To Top" is causing problems for one of the important
tasks on this website. Add items to your cart to purchase items.
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
No, I don't. I browse with my right hand on the mouse, not on the keyboard.
I tend to use buttons all over the page when browsing, so keeping my right hand
on the mouse appears to be the best way for me.
Interesting...I use these keys with my left hand, but I am extremely fond of
keyboard shortcuts.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
I always have at least 3 or 4 windows open so I have them side by side on my
screen. I couldn't work without this! It is also a pain when using my tablet
for inventory work.
Hopefully, the BL team can find a solution that works for a variety of users.
In the meantime, I was able to block the intrusive things with Adblock Element
Hiding Helper on Firefox.
Take care,
Jen
Cheers,
Jan
*I just noticed an exception: when browsing a store, the green "Add Items to
Cart" button is indeed covered for a moment if I do not scoll to the very end
of the page.
That's stupid, of course - and should have been spotted by this "world class
development team" before implementation, no excuse.
Hopefully, the BL team can find a solution that works for a variety of users.
In the meantime, I was able to block the intrusive things with Adblock Element
Hiding Helper on Firefox.
Thanks for this tip!
Do you have a solution for mobile? On mobile the problem is the most prevalent.
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
No, I don't. I browse with my right hand on the mouse, not on the keyboard.
I tend to use buttons all over the page when browsing, so keeping my right hand
on the mouse appears to be the best way for me.
Interesting...I use these keys with my left hand, but I am extremely fond of
keyboard shortcuts.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
I always have at least 3 or 4 windows open so I have them side by side on my
screen. I couldn't work without this! It is also a pain when using my tablet
for inventory work.
Hopefully, the BL team can find a solution that works for a variety of users.
In the meantime, I was able to block the intrusive things with Adblock Element
Hiding Helper on Firefox.
Thank You for the Adblock tip. I did not know that existed. It has solved the
Brinklink issues and also tons of unwanted ads as I browse the internet
Take care,
Jen
Cheers,
Jan
*I just noticed an exception: when browsing a store, the green "Add Items to
Cart" button is indeed covered for a moment if I do not scoll to the very end
of the page.
That's stupid, of course - and should have been spotted by this "world class
development team" before implementation, no excuse.
Just curious...don't you find that the Page Up, Page Down, Home and End buttons
on your keyboard are a thousand times more efficient then using the scroll bar
or any floating buttons you have to find and click?
No, I don't. I browse with my right hand on the mouse, not on the keyboard.
I tend to use buttons all over the page when browsing, so keeping my right hand
on the mouse appears to be the best way for me.
Interesting...I use these keys with my left hand, but I am extremely fond of
keyboard shortcuts.
The little arrow on the eBay pages does not cover up any content on the site.
Navigation aids are all well and good (especially for mobile devices) but covering
actual content with them is as bad as any pop-up ad in my opinion.
Honestly, I wonder which screens are actually affected - I do not even use full
HD screens (but 1680x1050 on two different computers) and nothing* is covered
when I brwose the site...
I always have at least 3 or 4 windows open so I have them side by side on my
screen. I couldn't work without this! It is also a pain when using my tablet
for inventory work.
Hopefully, the BL team can find a solution that works for a variety of users.
In the meantime, I was able to block the intrusive things with Adblock Element
Hiding Helper on Firefox.
Take care,
Jen
Cheers,
Jan
*I just noticed an exception: when browsing a store, the green "Add Items to
Cart" button is indeed covered for a moment if I do not scoll to the very end
of the page.
That's stupid, of course - and should have been spotted by this "world class
development team" before implementation, no excuse.
Thanks for this tip - it works very well on Safari too.
Thank you for the adblock tip, these things were really getting on my nerves!
Hopefully, the BL team can find a solution that works for a variety of users.
In the meantime, I was able to block the intrusive things with Adblock Element
Hiding Helper on Firefox.
They are not only very annoying but also completely obsolete. To go to the top
of any page you just hit the Home button on your keyboard or, on your tablet/mobile
device, you tap the top of your screen.
Concerning the Help button: this will bring you to a page designed in the nineties
(from the past age, yes) where new Bricklink users for example will see "Macro
Tags". If they click on that they will be gone from BL forever LOL. On top of
that: for me a floating Help buttons means that it is context sensitive (e.g.
help for the page where you're on) but this one is not. AND there is already
a permanent link to the bottom of any page: Help Center.
So: get rid of these buttons!
In Suggestions, chetzler writes:
I've seen the "To Top" floating button when in stores and found it to be
only mildly annoying, but now it seems to be in the lower right of EVERY screen
along with a "Help" button. There is already a link to "Help" at the bottom
of every page, why do we need another one (that moves around no less)? Additionally,
I think I can manage manually scrolling to the top of my home screen without
the aid of a bow and arrow.
Is this a recent change or have I just not noticed it before? Do we have to
have these controls that hover and move around on the screen erratically? It's
especially frustrating on a small mobile screen--it's just clutter.
Can we drop them or at least have an option in our settings to turn them off?
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