Please Remove Pop-ups

[Mordred]

Are the facebook pop-ups necessary for us members? I don't like pop-ups at the best of times and ones like EF's (where the whold screen darkens a bit except for the pop-up is annoying. This happened while at work earlier except I could 't see the pop-up because of my work. Can these please be shut off? If I want to hit a like or share button I will do so on my own accord.

[xladept]

@ Administrators

I second the motion put forth by Mordred.

[AlphaFrog]

Huzzah. I third that motion.

[TMS]

Ditto all of the above. Really irritating ... kept thinking I'd caught a button.

[JapanDave]

+1+1+1+1+1

[JosephP]

how do I turn off the intensely irritating Facebook popups that seem to have suddenly begun to appear here?

[arlu1201]

Where? In logged in mode or logged out? I am not seeing anything.

[JosephP]

logged in-I'm never logged out

there's a similar thread in the water cooler I just saw so it ain't just me. I loathe facebook so when I see one of those popups I simply go elsewhere-no biggie for you but a shame for me

[Fotis1991]

logged in-I'm never logged out

there's a similar thread in the water cooler I just saw so it ain't just me. I loathe facebook so when I see one of those popups I simply go elsewhere-no biggie for you but a shame for me

Add 1 more to this!

[:) Sixthsense :)]

Disable it plss....

Or

Give an Option in user settings to turn on/off.

[Kyle123]

Can you get the tech team to turn it off? it's really annoying. It also doesn't work properly on my mobile, so it's a pain to get my mobile fix

Not to mention it's also set to re-rear it's ugly head every 15 days when the cookie expires

[Kyle123]

The best bit is, it will keep re-appearing every 15 days (or when you clear your cookies) - whichever is sooner

[TMS]

The best bit is, it will keep re-appearing every 15 days

How you know this?

[Kyle123]

Because that's in the code in launch.js (abridged and commented (in orange) by me )

$j(document).ready(function(){
    //When the Document Loads check the settings for the plug in and read the cookie
    //lb_l_ret.show_once = 15
    //Cookie sets whether the Facebook box has been seen
    if (lb_l_ret.show_once>0 && readCookie("arevico_lb")==1)
    {
        //So if the cookie has a value of 1
        //And lb_l_ret.show_once > 0
        //Then Do Nothing
    } else {
        //Otherwise if the cookie has not been set or lb_l_ret.show_once=0, then create & show the facebook box with a delay
        window.setTimeout(show_facebox, lb_l_ret.delay)
    }

});

function show_facebox(){
    if (lb_l_ret.show_once>0){
        //When the facebook thing is shown, create a cookie
        //lb_l_ret.show_once = 15
        createCookie("arevico_lb", "1", lb_l_ret.show_once);
    }

function createCookie(name,value,days) {
    //If the days paramater has been passed, set the expiry of the cookie to be the same as days
    //Remember 15 has been passed in here
    //So in 15 days the cookie will expire and disappear
    if (days) {
        var date = new Date();
        date.setTime(date.getTime()+(days*24*60*60*1000));
        var expires = "; expires="+date.toGMTString();
    }
    else var expires = "";
    document.cookie = name+"="+value+expires+"; path=/";
}

function readCookie(name) {
    var nameEQ = name + "=";
    var ca = document.cookie.split(';');
    for(var i=0;i < ca.length;i++) {
        var c = ca[i];
        while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c = c.substring(1,c.length);
        if (c.indexOf(nameEQ) == 0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);
    }
    return null;
}  

[TMS]

As far as I am concerned, it is an unwarranted and unnecessary intrusion and yet another nail in the coffin.

Small changes and irritations mount up. Role title restructuring with no communication, discussion or buy-in; Commercial Services Forum introduced without communication, discussion, or buy-in; and now mither pop-ups with no communication, discussion or agreement. Oh, yes, the pop-up tool-bar irritant with no communication, discussion or buy-in.

I'm sensing a theme here. It's not that I'm against change or improvements but I do think it would be helpful to share these ideas with the senior members and seek some feedback. I have no doubt that people would be happy to offer their opinions.

TMS

[Mordred]

It's not that I'm against change or improvements

I would think that nobody is against change or improvements but all these additions, without improvements can be REALLY annoying to say the least.

**Cough cough, spits blood into garbage from biting tongue**

And then to get basically no response from the admin (not pointing fingers, just facts) is kind of a kick to the nethers too.

**Cough cough, spits more blood into garbage from biting tongue**

[Kyle123]

Well the Facebook thing has now been removed

[Mordred]

Thanks for letting us know Kyle123. This is for sure?

[Kyle123]

Yeah, the js is no longer in the page and Arlette said they should be gone

[Mordred]

Oh, thanks Arlette for sharing, ahem, I mean Kyle. LoL, I do appreciate that for sure!

[arlu1201]

Oops, i had posted that in the veterans forum. Thought i did it in this thread. Yes, it has been removed.

[Mordred]

I would mark this as solved but I can't seem to leave this page now.

[Mordred]

And the spinner on my tab goes round and round
round and round
round and round
Yeah the spinner on my tab goes round and round
I'm stuck in here for...e....ver!


PS, thanks arlu for taking care of this.

[xladept]

@ TMS

If they want our opinion, they'll give it to us