What boggles my mind is that they didn't care at all about the user experience when they introduced this monstrosity. Not seeing URLs when browsing Digg completely destroyed my user experience.
I'm guessing more and more people will log out and browse it that way.
So, for the majority of users, I'm guessing this wasn't that big a deal. They even point out that 45% of Digging is happening through the DiggBar, meaning that there are a whole lot of people out there who actively enjoy using it.
I understand and agree with all the anger, but most people only care about the experience. Seeing URLs is irrelevant to most people (or they wouldn't fall for phishing scams), and compared to an add-in toolbar, this is much easier to both install and uninstall. SEO, transparent URLs, framing, etc. aren't even on the radar, much less as something to get mad about.
The point is, I don't think many people will log out or opt out to browse. It's just not that big a deal to them.
What boggles my mind is that they didn't care at all about the user experience when they introduced this monstrosity. Not seeing URLs when browsing Digg completely destroyed my user experience.
I'm guessing more and more people will log out and browse it that way.