User blog comment:Sannse/Your First Look at the New Wikia/@comment-785068-20100824041543

New change for easy user navigation should be encouraged, I agree with that part. Every source of data undergoes an upgrade now and then for these purposes; this is to be expected to happen eventually with wikia. I hope this new layout doesn't require flash, javascript, or other intensive webscripts to be 100% mandatory as well; it will cause a nightmare with users who don't always have the best connections or unique internet browser settings. So long as there is still an option for every user to keep only the bare minimums (edit box, really simple tool bar, preview option, and only a few cookies), then wikia's move for gradual change is fine with me.

I will say that I am not a fan of the floating toolbar across the bottom of the screen idea... it seems more distracting to a normal user experience than anything else. Especially if it's one of those tracking toolbars that follows the user's every movements as they scroll up or down the screen. It's like a miniature fly that persistently buzzes around your head when you're trying to concentrate on that one annoying puzzle or question for a written exam, just to go after the specs of whatever it finds delicious from your sweat. It means no harm to you personally, just doing what it does naturally. It doesn't mean you have to like it though.

Out of all of the new additions that are so far aimed to stay with the new layout, I would hope there is a user preference to hide or disable that sucker. Or better yet, a wikia skin/setting that does the same.