# NY Times website question
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [August 17, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533 "2010-08-17T16:17:26Z")
**Posts on this page:** 9
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/1 "2010-08-17T16:17:26Z")
I’ve been annoyed by this for several months now, and am finally more irritated than I am lazy. Periodically, a quick little news snippet dashes onto the lower right corner of the screen, then quickly goes away. Using my mad MS Paint skills, I have drawn a little green arrow on a screen shot to show you what I’m talking about.
[Screen shot](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/nyt.jpg).
Are there settings that will allow me to configure this nuisance away? I’ve looked, but can’t find anything. Thanks.
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### Author:  [@KarlGauss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KarlGauss)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/2 "2010-08-17T16:19:52Z")
These only appear as you scroll down to the very end of the article/page. In other words, as soon as you see one, you’re about to leave the page anyway. So why care?
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/3 "2010-08-17T16:24:27Z")
They don’t appear conveniently right as I’m reading the last word of the last sentence of the last paragraph. They appear while I’m still reading the article.
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### Author:  [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/4 "2010-08-17T17:15:54Z")
Turning off Javascript will make them stop. You can turn JS on and off on a per-site basis with a plugin like [NoScript](http://noscript.net/).
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/5 "2010-08-17T17:50:52Z")
Sweet! Well that takes care of the home computer. So I’m guessing there’s no setting on the website itself to take care of it. Looks like I may be out of luck on the work comp, unless someone knows something I don’t know.
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### Author:  [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/6 "2010-08-17T19:01:11Z")
> [@MeanOldLady](#):
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> Sweet! Well that takes care of the home computer. So I’m guessing there’s no setting on the website itself to take care of it.
The NYT web sites doesn’t need to take care of it. They put it there deliberately. It’s a “feature.”
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### Author:  [@GilaB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GilaB)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/7 "2010-08-17T19:09:39Z")
I definitely did _something_ on their website that made those things go away, but I can’t for the life of me remember what. Somewhere, there’s some setting you can change for your account that will remove those little floaty things. Sorry I can’t be more helpful!
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### Author:  [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)
#### Post date: [August 17, 2010, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/8 "2010-08-17T20:02:41Z")
> [@Duckster](#):
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> They put it there deliberately. It’s a “feature.”
Ah yes, I forgot that everything is good if you call it a “feature.”
> [@GilaB](#):
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> I definitely did _something_ on their website that made those things go away, but I can’t for the life of me remember what. Somewhere, there’s some setting you can change for your account that will remove those little floaty things. Sorry I can’t be more helpful!
Oh, my good friend, you have been helpful indeed by convincing me that there _is_ something I can do! So I tinkered around some more and have been able to make it go away…ish.
[Screen shot](http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e266/WryOnRye/nyt2.jpg).
For your viewing pleasure, the arrow is now red; I like to change things up a bit. Anyway, is that what yours looks like? It stays like that, and does not open fully. It’s not completely gone, but it’s gone enough for my satisfaction.
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### Author:  [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)
#### Post date: [August 18, 2010, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ny-times-website-question/550533/9 "2010-08-18T13:53:38Z")
I had the same question [in this thread.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=558334) I solved it with Firefox plug-in “YesScript”. However starting last week I am finding they have stopped that pop-over thing (it’s still there but it’s very small and unobtrusive.)