Is anyone else finding those drop down boxes at the top of the page a bit ott?

[ChewingOnLifesGristle]

At the top bar where it says Talk, Pregnancy, Baby, Child etc?

If my cursor goes on one I can't very easily get rid of the big drop down menus that pop up

Yes, they're driving me round the twist too.

another parenting site did this type of thing and its gone totally downhill, was once a really busy hub, now you are lucky to see one or two new forum posts a day, take heed MN Towers!

I like the thinking behind having the drop downs. But I don't think much of the images used on the Life and Style and Work ones. I get that you are going for a light-hearted/ quirky look, but seriously, a woman shaving?! Can they not be replaced with images that don't make the women look ridiculous? Maybe it is just me taking things too seriously. Would be interested to hear what others think.

The pregnant woman in the grey vest top is doing my head in, MN. I quite like the content of the drop-downs, but can you make them so you have to click into the main headings and the drop downs only appear then? Or just make them less sensitive, like The Independent website.

That was terribly phrased. On The Independent, you actually have to hover, rather than just roll your cursor over, the headings, to make the sub headings drop down. This is fine, do that please!

I am trying to get myself into the habit of moving my mouse really fast, like speed of light fast whenever I go within a mile of the headings, it's becoming a little competition to see if I can avoid one popping up on me!

The life and style one is especially horrible as it takes up almost the whole page so I have to move my cursor right down to the bottom to get rid of it. I am refusing to look at the pictures.

I like mumsnet but, if these things had been there when I first looked round the site, I might well not have stayed very long.

Hello,

Please bear with us. All progress has teething trouble and we're working on this, we promise. ?

Agree at how tedious the images are. Cliched, "quirky", crap

@Maryz

Poor Julie, have they shoved you in front of the firing squad again?

Have some

I think MrsBert has the right idea. A less sensitive hover would be good.

No, not at all. It needs a little tweak with a hammer , that'll sort it out.

OH MY GOD IT'S SO ANNOYING

Hello hello

Just to say, we are looking into making the drop-downs click-activated so that they're not so jumpy.

AS they say - "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". Or if you must, PLEASE tell us in advance so we don't try to fix it ourselves!

Yes. Click activated is a much better idea.

Oh pleeeeease go for click activated! Yes!

"Hello hello

Just to say, we are looking into making the drop-downs click-activated so that they're not so jumpy."

More like they used to be then? Yes, that would be much better!

thank goodness!

They are like having beaded curtains in every doorway.

And is there now a signal if the Inbox has a new message.
Please?

They keep dropping down when I haven't even hovered over them

That is quite annoying.

Well we have the envelope for our inboxes.........Where has My Mumsnet gone?????

Official Thread for the changes is now here - would you mind shuffling over there please? Thanks