Minor nuisances....

[kyrielle]

I'm really not pleased with that new LJ toolbar. Largely because it allows people to "enforce" it on their journal. I find it annoying and useless and a waste of space on my small laptop monitor, but when I go to read what's behind the cut-tag, there it is. It's clutter, like an ad-bar, not useful, to me.

So I'm curious, since some of my friends are doing this. I understand why people would want to turn the bar on for themselves as they browse the site - it's useful to them. But why is it an option, and why have some of the people I read chosen to use that option, to force the rest of us to see the aggravating thing? What is the goal? Because I really don't understand what the benefit is to you, to have that bar up there for others.

Comments

[susandennis]

Ok, I'll bite. I love the thing. My friends are in groups and I like to read them in groups and this is perfect. What's I have to admit that I did not realize it was spilling over to things like this - your comment page in your journal.

There's an option that I just unchecked. Do you still see it when you see my journal? I rarely use LJ cut so that's probably not going to help you there but then maybe that's another problem... I should use LJ cut!

[kyrielle]

Thank you! That does it. I understand why some people might like the toolbar - even if I don't like it. I just don't understandw hy anyone would check that particular option. The one to always see it themselves, I get.

When you click on an LJ cut, or a read/post comments link, you move into the user's journal - and if they have that box set, you get that toolbar (and also on their journal page, and firends page).

Thank you again. :)

[susandennis]

cool! I think I checked it originally because - well, I have no idea! I'm so glad you mentioned it.