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Not being funny, but this purple bar thing at the bottom.

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BertieBotts · 04/01/2016 13:01

I swear it was originally promised to be "only for important threads" and rarely used. Now it seems to be used for any old thing and as such, I'm far more likely to ignore it because most of the things it advertises aren't relevant to me.

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EnriqueTheRingBearingLizard · 06/02/2016 10:45

It annoys me on the phone or ipad and it's never once offered me anything remotely important.

lemonymelanie · 06/02/2016 08:48

It's particularly annoying on the ipad - when I scroll up, it scrolls up too - so it's in the middle of the page - and there is no x to hit to git rid of the wretched thing. It appears to advertise drivel. Surely at worst, it should only appear once? But it just doesn't go away! I loathe, loathe, loathe it.

FiveGoMadInDorset · 06/02/2016 08:41

I can't get rid of the bar when I hit the cross

chemenger · 06/02/2016 08:30

Will the world end if we don't vote for favourite children's books? Because I have clicked the cross several times and I have also clicked through and voted. How do you stop it coming up?

MajesticSeaFlapFlap · 06/02/2016 06:36

Vote for your favourite book (clearly vital fucking info) is all over my kindle today.
Ive tried clicking, voting, restarting, tutting and crying.
Its still there. Popping up. Like thrush

Maryz · 05/02/2016 23:52

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LettuceLaughton · 05/02/2016 20:39

at least we still have a navigation bar on the mobile site

silverduck · 05/02/2016 20:33

Yep, I hate it too, especially on my phone.

Maryz · 05/02/2016 20:08

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LettuceLaughton · 05/02/2016 16:33

Does being asked to vote for favourite children's books count as very important too? That's the latest...

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CatherineHMumsnet · 03/02/2016 12:04

Hello - sorry it's been driving you mad. We've gone over our systems once again and the offers one on the purple bar shouldn't be showing now. It is supposed to be for important messages, so that was an error on our part.

LettuceLaughton · 03/02/2016 11:07

yy this purple bar thing is hugely overused whilst the very useful floating navigation bar banished. Most annoying.

Fintan · 03/02/2016 10:42

I'm now getting 'Exclusive Offers to your Inbox' .
What a joke, we were promised that the purple bar would only be for important messages. And it was a pain even when it was reserved for 'important messages'.
This is on tablet and laptop too.

PeggyBlomquist · 30/01/2016 09:45

I cannot look at 15 ways to shake up breakfast anymore! I have had to give up looking at the site on my phone as it covers half the screen and never goes away. So now I am on my laptop and its Purple bar.. click x ... change page.. Purple ... click x... change page... repeat for all eternity. It has even followed me to this thread!

Lweji · 28/01/2016 20:42

You'd think Maryz, but then one pops in. They're waiting for you to relax.

MyVisionsComeFromSoup · 28/01/2016 18:57

I've been getting the purple breakfast one today on my phone (via safari), but not on the desktop (chrome)

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Naoko · 28/01/2016 18:50

AND TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY that same breakfast related bar then came up after the page reloaded from me posting that! It's mocking me!

Naoko · 28/01/2016 18:49

It's still here and it's still on about bloody breakfast. Seriously HQ, what gives?

Not being funny, but this purple bar thing at the bottom.
carlajean · 27/01/2016 12:12

glad others feel the same. Can MN tell us why it's important to tell us about breakfast. Like - who cares? It really lets the whole site down IMO

CallMeACynicBut · 26/01/2016 23:59

Just dismissed the same purple bar twice within a few seconds, on the same page: hit cross, it goes away, comes back a few seconds later. Really annoying, happens often. I'm on Firefox on Android right now, but I think I've seen the same thing on other platforms too.

WorraLiberty · 26/01/2016 09:38

I don't even eat breakfast Confused

Maryz · 26/01/2016 09:29

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