Oh. It all changed in the blink of an eye

On my screen the annoying bar that now appears at the top doesn't have a cross anywhere to close it.

At the far right the search button and then the edge of the screen, at the far left the MN logo and then the edge of the screen - am I missing something??

ok, thanks for explanation, Damian.

What I would really like for the Advanced Search facility is a functional back button - so that when you have put in your search parameters, got a list of results, clicked on one and discovered it's not the one you wanted, the back button will take you back to your list of results, not tell you the page has expired and make you do it all again, please.

When on a Talk page, could the search auto populate the Talk Advanced Search with some set parameters, thus producing a results page?

When not on a talk page, could the search auto populate the Google Custom Search?

Currently it does neither - guess that's being fixed.

Twitter - could the tweet button auto shorten the URL?

Oo good, rollover sensitivity seems to have diminished as well - doing sterling work there, DamianTech, thank you!
The display still stays there when activated though - it's not a big issue, just letting you know. :)

stimulation overload. too much!
i'm going to have to have a nap.

Nutty - have you closed and restarted your browser and then closed it the first time it appears? Because I'm on Classic as well and it did work for me, got rid of the bastarding thing. :)

Don't like it. Please provide settings for turning off the swively shit ASAP.

Got rid of it for now ..phew

Wondered what everyone was talking about - oh, the new layout. Yes, made me do a double take too. Prefer the old one....

If you hit "end" and drop straight to the bottom of the page where the message box is situated the bastard reappears.

I am starting to lose my rag a bit. I've only been on MN about 10 minutes this session.

NOOOOO, slide down bar is back. It appeared whilst I was on a Boden thread. Punishment for talking Boden I suppose.

Right, really am going now, dd has already got the bikes out of the garage...

It's OK Damian, I can live without it on ipad! Something is getting through the Apple barrier though, it occasionally appears and waves forlornly at me from the other side.....

The slide down bar comes back if you go to a different thread - that's very annoying.....

For anyone on (apparently dinosaur) 1024 x 768 screen resolution, if you un-maximise your browser, then move it so it's hanging off the left side of the screen, then click on the edge of the window to stretch it, THEN you can just see about one pixel of the x to close it with.

And for the record, I'm 22 and also hate it so you're not being grumpy and old

Woohoo, it is gone!!!!

if you close your browser now and then reopen, next time you close the drop down bar it will stay gone (did for me anyway!)

I think I could get used to it if it had stuff on it that I would actually use - like links to My Mumsnet & Customise. It also doesn't have the Mumsnet on YouTube link that the static bar has.

Thanks Damian, am logging off and will be back later. Hopefully drop down thingy will be gone and I can breathe

Actually, I am typing this and it has not reappeared.... Dare I hope?

I went on to another page and the bastard reappeared!

Please disable it for Classic users. There is a reason we chose Classic!

Seriously, why do we want a log off button? I've never logged off in 6 years.

I have no cross to close it

Have tried everything, drop down bar thingy still appearing.

You have driven me too far. Am going to have to close down MN and peg out my washing before cycling into town with dd.

Sob.

Farewell.

And please remove the drop down thingy. It just popped up as I was typing this. I was not even scrolling. It is taunting me and will just not stay hidden.

Blood pressure rising..... AAAAARRRRGH!

thank you ~D

that's much nicer.

I feel better now, and I won't need to eat my own weight in cake.