Comments on: Blogger is Growing Up (Slimming Down?) New Navbar replaces Ads http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is/ Alan Levine's space for barking about and playing with technology Mon, 13 Feb 2012 07:01:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: oops http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is/comment-page-1/#comment-746 oops Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is-growing-up-slimming-down-new-navbar-replaces-ads/#comment-746 It seems that someone has found a way to remove it already ;) <a href="http://removethebar.blogspot.com">http://removethebar.blogspot.com</a> It seems that someone has found a way to remove it already ;)

http://removethebar.blogspot.com

]]> By: Alan Levine http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is/comment-page-1/#comment-747 Alan Levine Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is-growing-up-slimming-down-new-navbar-replaces-ads/#comment-747 I am afraid I do not see the point in the hacks-- the navbar is pretty unobtrusive, it *adds* functionality (search), and it replaces those annoying pop up banners. The "hacks" to remove it often deconstruct the web page underlying structure-- putting the BIDY tag inside a NOSCRIPT tag, c'mom you might as well go back to the title bar anmations from the mid 1990s. For those not around, people found that a long string of TITLE tags at the top would create an effect of animated text across the titlebar when the page loaded. Cheap web tricks. Go BLINK. You can never please everyone. I am afraid I do not see the point in the hacks– the navbar is pretty unobtrusive, it *adds* functionality (search), and it replaces those annoying pop up banners.

The “hacks” to remove it often deconstruct the web page underlying structure– putting the BIDY tag inside a NOSCRIPT tag, c’mom you might as well go back to the title bar anmations from the mid 1990s. For those not around, people found that a long string of TITLE tags at the top would create an effect of animated text across the titlebar when the page loaded. Cheap web tricks. Go BLINK.

You can never please everyone.

]]> By: me http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is/comment-page-1/#comment-748 me Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://cogdogblog.com/2004/08/17/blogger-is-growing-up-slimming-down-new-navbar-replaces-ads/#comment-748 Well, although you refer to it as being 'un-obtrusive', it broke so many peoples designs. The kind of people whose designs weren't created by them. And they have neither the will power nor the know how to edit the designs to create a fix. Hence, hacks are required. Although, I do like the idea of the "blogthis!" and "next blog" - the discoveries of experience that I have found are amazing ( as were the let downs ). But I just made javascript bookmarkelts for those. Rather than having them steal attention from what I want in my viewport. I've just edited Fire Fox to add #b-navbar { display:none !important } to my user styles section, becuase I don't feel it's necessary. Well, although you refer to it as being ‘un-obtrusive’, it broke so many peoples designs. The kind of people whose designs weren’t created by them. And they have neither the will power nor the know how to edit the designs to create a fix. Hence, hacks are required. Although, I do like the idea of the “blogthis!” and “next blog” – the discoveries of experience that I have found are amazing ( as were the let downs ). But I just made javascript bookmarkelts for those. Rather than having them steal attention from what I want in my viewport.

I’ve just edited Fire Fox to add

#b-navbar

{

display:none !important

}

to my user styles section, becuase I don’t feel it’s necessary.

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