adding widgets is painful

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  scotttraveler · Member · Nov 9, 2010 at 10:30 pm

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  Every time I want to add a widget, I cringe at the pain of it. If the widget’s name starts with an A or B its ok, but add “Recent Comments” and its a 5 minute ordeal. I scroll down, grab the widget and then have to jiggle it near the top of the page to get the page to scroll back up so that I can paste it to its proper place. Certainly there must be an easier way? It would be nice if I could just drag it to the right and let go and it would magically appear near the top. Or better yet, why drag it at all? How about a box and you add a check mark for the widgets you want. Sometimes a little “friendly” technology slows you down instead of making your life easier.

  Anyone else experience “pain” adding widgets?

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  allycat86 · Member · Nov 9, 2010 at 11:09 pm

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  Have you tried turning on the accessibility mode? You can just click the add link next to the widget you want.

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  ludusnaturae · Member · Nov 9, 2010 at 11:40 pm

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  May be better the accessible mode as default mode. The current default mode is really uncomfortable.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 9, 2010 at 11:56 pm

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  How to find and use the accessibility mode (scroll down to the paragraph):

  Widgets

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  thesacredpath · Member · Nov 10, 2010 at 12:36 am

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  I thing this is browser and/or OS related, because in FF and Safari on Mac, when I grab a widget and move it to the top of the browser window, the browser window scrolls up very quickly, even if I’m coming from the “inactive widgets area clear at the very bottom of the screen.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 10, 2010 at 2:11 am

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  @Richard,
  I agree that this seems to be an issue related to the browser (from questions about this issue posted in these forums, IE browsers in many versions do seem to be troublesome).
  But trying not to beat a dead horse, the use of the accessibility mode usually seems to help.
  even in the case of whatever OS. ^_^

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  scotttraveler · Member · Nov 10, 2010 at 6:44 pm

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  1tess, I followed the directions on your link and added the accessability mode, much better, thanks! :-)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 11, 2010 at 5:13 am

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  @scotttraveler
  you are welcome.
  ≥^!^≤

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  p4ckingscr1ptures · Member · Nov 25, 2010 at 11:19 am

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  so glad that i read this post. it helped a ton!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 25, 2010 at 2:44 pm

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  @p4ckingscr1ptures
  We volunteers always like to hear that answers have been useful!
  :))

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  nmamaison · Member · Nov 25, 2010 at 3:45 pm

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  hello !!

  bon à savoir si je suis au bon endroit ?? dans tous les cas je cherche comment annulé la création de ce compte lol rien avoir avec tous gadgets super d”MSN donc merci de m’indiqué la porte de sortie au plaisirs de vous lire bye bye

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  airodyssey · Member · Nov 26, 2010 at 12:13 am

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  @nmamaison: Hi. If I understand correctly, you want to close your WordPress.COM blog. Here are the instructions in French:
  http://fr.forums.wordpress.com/topic/fermeture-du-blog?replies=2

  If you have further questions, create a new thread on that forum. Thank you and au revoir :-)