Is the 10-topic 'minispy' above the forums coming back?


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I don't think this will be coming back in the near future.

Reason :-

People are used to the 10-topic mini spy, If they use an adblocker they get restricted from the "Spy" feature. Most people can get along fine with the mini spy and it didn't seem to be blocked by the "Don't like ads" message. As people that spend long periods of time on this site like to see what recent posts etc is happening they will want to use to 10-topic mini spy, If such feature is turned off then they will sit on the Spy. This is of course blocked for anyone using an ad blocker.

This is why I don't think it will be making an appearance again soon. It's so they can get people used to using the spy and another way to stop the ad blocking.

Of course I could be completely wrong but this is my opinion of the "Why".

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I don't think this will be coming back in the near future.

Reason :-

People are used to the 10-topic mini spy, If they use an adblocker they get restricted from the "Spy" feature. Most people can get along fine with the mini spy and it didn't seem to be blocked by the "Don't like ads" message. As people that spend long periods of time on this site like to see what recent posts etc is happening they will want to use to 10-topic mini spy, If such feature is turned off then they will sit on the Spy. This is of course blocked for anyone using an ad blocker.

This is why I don't think it will be making an appearance again soon. It's so they can get people used to using the spy and another way to stop the ad blocking.

Of course I could be completely wrong but this is my opinion of the "Why".

If so that would be quite disappointing. I definitely would like to see the post comparison numbers after a prolonged period of no mini-Spy.

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I really miss the minispy... Now I'm all behind when it comes to the latest topics, haha. Neowin is a pain to navigate now...

Agreed :(

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It's still being tested, hopefully it will be back real soon. Enabling it right now will just give everyone "Server too busy" messages again.

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Would swapping big spy for mini spy fix it? if yes hows about a vote? it does seem as if a lot of people prefer the mini spy over the big spy.

+1, I would defo prefer the mini spy to the big spy

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+1, I would defo prefer the mini spy to the big spy

Also a +1 here for mini-spy, i like the big-spy but the crazy duplication of posts really annoys me enough to not use it.

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Also a +1 here for mini-spy, i like the big-spy but the crazy duplication of posts really annoys me enough to not use it.

Ditto.

I think having both is a good idea. Best of both worlds; can please everyone!

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At present i have the spy open in one tab and then browse in the other tabs, i preferred having the mini-spy at the top so topics would catch my eye as the spy refreshed. Then if there was posts in a topic it would update to the top and become the only entry in the spy for that topic... plain and simple.

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You receive that background on your birthday.

Posted in the Announcements forum.

As I said in the Announcements forum topic, it isn't obvious enough and people will be questioning it for years to come. I was thinking something similar to adding an "It's my birthday!" badge somewhere below the username was a good idea.

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