"and using the shortcuts mean that I must ALWAYS have my computer within reach just to read posts."
I'm sorry, I'm not following this. How could you read posts if your computer wasn't in reach?
"What is the supposed BENEFIT to this change?"
I don't understand the technical reasons this had to be changed but know that Dave and Meatloaf wouldn't do this if it weren't needed.
Keep in mind this impacts those of that work here as well. We don't particularly care for the changes either. But, the goal is to balance the need for the technical change with usability.
I am confident that Dave and Meatloaf will do whatever they can to take all of these suggestions into consideration in any tweaking they do.
I think they are trying to get more people to Pay for stuff like Level 2, that is why they put it in the most visible spot!
Terrible decision, the 2 most used icons shoved in the upper right and VERY SMALL.... Home / Mailbox. And Favorites shoved to the right. Who makes these decisions? I think it's a selling tactic to get you to upgrade.... Not!
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