* switch off the popup at the RH side of the FHUG forum webs

[jimlad68]

Is it possible to switch off the 'popup' at the RH side of the FHUG forum website, apart from being distracting and something I never use, it takes up valuable real estate and stays over forum text when using my android phone?

[DavidNewton]

I don't have a phone but on my full size screen if you hover the mouse over the lower end of the popup a pair of arrows appear and clicking them slides the pop-up off the screen and leaves behind a pair of arrows that can be clicked to show the popup again.

David

Added in edit. It seems that you have to do this each time you change page

[jimlad68]

yes, I did notice that, but the hovering is very fiddly on a phone, and like you say, does not stay off. Never mind, just another uncontrollable minor irritation!

[AdrianBruce]

Curious - the pop-up is at the bottom of the screen on my phone (Motorola G3) in both Chrome and Firefox - while it covers stuff, it only needs a bit of scrolling and the hidden stuff is visible. I can imagine that a right-hand alignment would cover a lot of stuff leaving minimal opportunity to reveal it. I don't recollect doing anything to cause the bottom float. Certainly not in two different browsers.

[jimlad68]

yes, but if you turn your phone to landscape it covers data, probably depends on your phone and which browser you are using, I am on Samsung galaxy s5 with chrome browser. Otherwise it works find.

[DavidNewton]

I don't want to get into a discussion about the use of Ad-blockers, but I have AdBlock installed in Chrome and right-clicking the pop-up at the bottom brings up a contect menu with AdBlock as an item. Using that it is possible to block the pop-up and it seems to be sticking across FHUG.

Before anyone complains I removed the block after testing as the pop-up does not affect my screen estate and if it is bringing in money for FHUG then good.

How you right click with a phone I have no idea!

David

[davidm_uk]

@DavidNewton

Useful tip, thanks David.

[AdrianBruce]

... if you turn your phone to landscape it covers data ...

Ah - so it does. Apparently I've been able to read FHUG in portrait mode on my phone so never needed to spin it round. Which is not always possible in other forums. (Fora?).