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The Fly-out Reviews Menu On Top Of The Articles Is Annoying

Poll: The fly-out Reviews menu on top of the articles (5 member(s) have cast votes)

What do you think of the Reviews menu that flies out on hovering the mouse pointer over it?

I like it and it should stay that way. (2 votes [40.00%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 40.00%
I don't like it and the menu should appear on clicking instead of hovering. (3 votes [60.00%] - View)
Percentage of vote: 60.00%
I just don't like the menu to appear; clicking the Reviews link should open another page. (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%
I don't care. (0 votes [0.00%])
Percentage of vote: 0.00%

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#1 algotechie

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Posted 16 June 2010 - 02:08 PM

The fly-out menu that appears on hovering the mouse over the Reviews link on the top red strip on the article pages of the PCWorld.com website is distracting. It appears without my intention to make it do, and making is disappear is not so intuitive either. The menu should expand on clicking (which is obvious from down-pointing arrow attached to it) and should stay out of the way until needed. Thank you.

#2 AgentF

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Posted 12 July 2010 - 07:57 PM

I agree with you. It is a bit annoying like those pop-out ads that are quite popular nowadays. Setting it to a click like you suggested would be a great change in my opinion.

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#3 JayDr

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Posted 28 July 2010 - 06:26 PM

You guys are too polite. It is the most obnoxious menu I've seen on a respectable website since I enabled popup blockers. It is BIG. It blocks the first paragraph or two of the article I want to read. It appears even when I try to avoid going anywhere near the reviews menu tab. And it does not go away by itself.

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Posted 22 August 2010 - 07:04 AM

The News menu does the same thing.

#5 coastie65

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Posted 22 August 2010 - 09:21 AM

The site has experienced some major problems of late. For the most part it is back up and running but still a WIP . Be patient.

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#6 AgentF

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Posted 22 August 2010 - 06:08 PM

coastie65, on 22 August 2010 - 09:21 AM, said:

The site has experienced some major problems of late. For the most part it is back up and running but still a WIP . Be patient.

I believe these modifications to the site outside the forum are intended and permanent changes. The pop-out Review tab was put in place two months before the IPB 3.1.2 update. The News tab doesn't appear to have a pop-out window, just the Reviews tab.

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#7 Flashorn

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Posted 22 August 2010 - 09:16 PM

If you hover over the reviews menu it does come down But, if you mouse away,it just roles back up
Without any other interventions. At least, that's the way it works for me on Firefox.

Actually, I don't mind it. It gives you all of the other reviews , Hardware or Software on the same menu.

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#8 algotechie

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Posted 23 August 2010 - 03:45 AM

@Flashhorn

Well, in my case the Reviews menu does not vanish automatically on moving the mouse away from it - I have to click somewhere outside within the page (being careful about not accidentally clicking a hyperlinked text phrase or image). That is the case with all four browser I use: Latest versions of Firefox, Internet Explorer, Opera, and Safari.

Yes, if the menu works for you the way you described, obviously you won't mind it. Sadly, that's not the case with some people like me (maybe our OS' are different or something). I think you'll agree that that opening the menu via a click (rather than by just hovering over) will be a nicer implementation anyway, at least you won't dislike that either, would you?