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MN purple pop-up box - yes or no? Survey!

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 13:13

I thought it might be interesting to see how many people like the purple pop-up info boxes.

Survey here

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 17:27

I haven exported one of my posts to MNHQ, and asked them to do a full survey. This is what I said:

"Please carry out a full survey on the purple pop up boxes - my results are overwhelmingly in favour of losing them - not one single vote in favour, and two neutrals out of 100.

Please ask your members/users and act on the results."

I'll let you know what reply I get.

I agree, julker - the results from my little survey don't show any support for MNHQ's claim that people like these 'sliders'.

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Jinglebells99 · 17/03/2015 17:24

I was a get rid vote too. Particularly annoying when the purple box is over the post message box!

julker · 17/03/2015 17:22

100 people with not one vote for and only 2 neutral is enough to show the general thoughts of people using the site in my opinion

NotMrsTumble · 17/03/2015 17:21

Voted before I realised you wouldn't be able to see my no. Get rid! Unless you're mning on an actual computer, it takes up far too much of the screen, and I'm afraid I found them so irritating that I don't read them, I just click to get rid. Which defeats their purpose. All the big "events" get plenty of exposure on my fb feed, and in emails from mn.

gastrognome · 17/03/2015 17:20

Add me as a no vote. It's awful. It might have felt modern and exciting in 1999. Now it's just ugly and annoying and it won't go away no matter how many times I click on the cross.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 17:17

Did it tell you you had voted after the cut-off, iwantavuvuzela?

I am so sorry I didn't realise I only got 100 votes on the free survey - I have cocked up. Sad

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iwantavuvezela · 17/03/2015 17:15

Well I voted (after cut off), and you can count me in as NO!
I wonder if a way around it is to set up another, but same survey, and then add those figures to the first etc?
Although statistically I would say that you could easily say that the consensus is NO!

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 17:14

I think MNHQ should do a full survey - I can't afford to spend £26 for one month, or £229 for the year (for the most basic level) to see the rest of the responses.

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Stratter5 · 17/03/2015 17:12

It seems to be pretty conclusive though; all those user clicks were an accident. Oops.

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 17:09

Sadly, because it is only a free survey, on survey monkey, I am only going to get to see the first 100 votes - for which the results were 98% in favour of losing the purple pop up boxes, with 2% neutral, and no-one was in favour.

Apparently 196 people have voted, but we won't see those results unless I pay.

I'm sorry - I didn't realise this when I set up the survey.

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ThedementedPenguin · 17/03/2015 16:08

I hate it.

I use the browser on my phone and some off them take up a third of the screen. Really pisses me off as I can't read a thread properly

FruChristerOla · 17/03/2015 16:07

It hate them too. Voted!

pilates · 17/03/2015 16:07

Yep voted to get rid

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SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 17/03/2015 16:05

The stickies could be in a different colour, or on a coloured background, so they stand out more!

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KatyMac · 17/03/2015 15:58

Hell no

CheeseandGherkins · 17/03/2015 15:55

Voted. I hate them.

Stratter5 · 17/03/2015 15:51

God yes, just put a sticky at the top of Chat. Takes two seconds to check and see, and no bloody annoying purple pop up. Whoever thought that was a good idea needs a slap.

ThreeQuartersEmpty · 17/03/2015 15:39

Done. It's really annoying.

bruffin · 17/03/2015 15:39

Voted for it to go, it takes up half the screen on my tablet and then sticks so I cant close it.

incogKNEEto · 17/03/2015 15:38

Done, and it's a no, get rid of them please from me.

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 17/03/2015 15:37

Could you sticky them in colour at the top of the individual Topics?

BewitchedBotheredandBewildered · 17/03/2015 15:35

Voted for it to go.

Agree about the drop down boxes too; they should only drop when clicked on.

MNHQ
KateSMumsnet · 17/03/2015 15:34

Hullo everyone,

Nothing like some statistical analysis to brighten up a Tuesday

As JustineMumsnet has explained here, we brought in the sliders (technical term that) as lots of people were upset about missing out on webchat and other exciting things we do. We totally understand that there might be a few teething issues, so we're getting our tech bods to look into how we can make them better. Please do bear with us in the meantime Flowers

AnneEyhtMeyer · 17/03/2015 15:24

It is annoying as hell, but they won't remove it, just like they never got rid of the hugely hugely annoying drop down boxes with awful stereotypical pictures despite everyone hating them.

tabulahrasa · 17/03/2015 15:11

I'm not bothered since I discovered I can close it...though it took a worrying amount of time for me to notice that I could Blush

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