Our website is designed to work in all situations. However, we are aware that certain features can cause problems on some older devices/browsers or slow internet connections. We try to detect and manage all of this automatically, but it’s not always possible. Because of that, we have made it possible for you to switch the optional features on or off yourself.
Switching the extra features on and off
Click here to switch optional features ON
Click here to switch optional features OFF
In the future we’ll be making all this even easier. In the meantime, you can tell if the features are switched on and off by checking if the weather is displayed at the top of the front page, or not.
What you will see
When the features are switched off the site looks identical, but certain secondary elements are not shown or behave slightly differently.
The optional features that will be switched off include*:
- The ability to write and delete comments - they will still be viewable
- Related Content links within certain pieces of content
- Most Popular links within pieces of content - you will however be able to view the Most Popular content for a section on a separate link
- The Weather information on the front page
*Please note that this is a work in progress, this list may change.
If you wish to access one of these features on a given page without changing your setting (for example if you prefer the extra features to be off overall but wish to comment on a given page) a page can be loaded with all features enabled by appending “#enhanced” to the end of the url.
For example: http://www.theguardian.com/uk#enhanced and refreshing the page will give you the full-featured network front without changing your default settings.
Feedback
We welcome your feedback on changes we make to theguardian.com so please send us an email to dotcom.feedback@theguardian.com with any comments you may have.
