Toolbar at the bottom

yeah i dont have that tool bar anymore?

The toolbar wasn't very useful to me. I think if you throw too many new things as us garfi3ld, it's hard to get a handle on which one will work best. Maybe give it some time then introduce new things... Plus i think that's what was causing some loading issues at work. the site still seems slower than the old one did when at work... At home i'm perfect especially since using the compatability thing Reaper told me to do. It fixed things i didn't even know were wrong

yeah i enjoyed the toolbar alot.

I was kinda wondering if this toolbar was an option or not. I wouldn't use search, since it's at the top of every page, I don't know what Translate is about, Recent Posts seem to be at the side, and the social networking stuff could be condensed or done elsewhere. As mentioned, it seems like a lot shown to us all at once. I think that's why I kinda dropped off checking on the site: with all the ads, images, scripts, bars, updates, dropdowns, and everything, it's like walking into Las Vegas every day. So much to look at, so many things going on all at once, it gives me a bit of a headache.
I'm not saying to scrap it clean here. I understand that you want to advertise, and connect to Facebook and stuff. Just, for this user, the current setup is more of a barrier than an access. I've added all the facebook stuff that I know of, I try to support where I can, so I shouldn't have a bar forced on me to try and do this further (in fact, the toolbar runs on scripts which I had disabled by default, still deciding if I want to allow them or not).

My thoughts are that there are several places to do most actions, and in truth the toolbar slows my browsing down. I was hoping to see in the profile settings, an option to remove the toolbar, or take out some elements. I like the notification system idea, but this bar feels like an attempt at Facebook, without (what would be AMAZING here) the chat.

I'm not online very often, so I personally want to view as many sites and posts as possible, as quick as possible. I would like easy access to the posts I have not read yet (which may be here, I just haven't found yet), and I want to be able to quickly reply. A great example of this is at forum.chaosforge.net and I am interested in modeling a forum after this site. Members can quickly click Unread Posts links at the top, reply instantly at the bottom of every topic (without opening a new page), and things are quick and smooth.

I'm not saying that the site needs changed. It works, and I may get back into the habit of attending. I may also try to do RSS if I ever get around to it. My main irritation is the mixed uses of the toolbar. However, since I can just remove the scripts, if there are no plans to make it optional or adjustable, I will let Firefox make it "optional" lol.

Yeah I noticed that there are a lot of people coming to the forums (100k holy crap!) I noticed the arrow thing, kinda helps, but still lags for me when scrolling down. I understand that the toolbar is intended for more casual visitors (I hope that I'm understanding that right...), and my thought was that, for us that register, maybe we could have the option to maybe minimize it by default, maybe not show it at all, maybe add/remove certain things from the bar. Options.
I also tried the search bar, comes up with no results even for "lanoc", so I think it's broken by blocked scripts (hate when that happens).
I'm happy to get visitors, traffic, prizes, LANs, puppies, rainbows, and all the happy stuff that LANOC provides I was just interested in the option for registered member to tone and adjust what appears for them. I understand if that can't be done too easily, and I have solved the issue with the toolbar, I just like being able to allow scripts and get as close to the intended user experience as possible I guess.

Oh, and maybe you'd know what google-analytics and pagead2.googlesyndication.com do? What little I've heard has sounded like stuff I don't want on my computer, so I have them forbidden. Hoping that's ok.
And thanks for understanding, and not treating me like an arse! I know I kinda complained badly, I try to give constructive criticism but sometimes it doesn't come out well.

Well, I just read whatever, and I don't bounce out. I don't know if blocking the ad request affects payment, sorry if it does. I really don't make a habit of clicking ads, myself. I will probably use the reviews when looking for new hardware for a rig, though.

And the toolbar just stutters rendering, makes scrolling choppy. Probably dialup mostly. And the search bar is most likely scripts, but it's not like there's 'search.lanoc.org' script to enable, so it would be hit and miss to fix it, and I don't search enough to warrant that. I just browse topics unread, mostly. Thanks for the help Wes.

umm....ok?