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Yoono is a powerful add-on for both Firefox and Internet Explorer (coming soon!). Everyone at Yoono and many of our users find it an invaluable tool that they have open all day.  That said, sometimes you want to reclaim some browser real-estate or close Yoono to free yourself from status updates or instant messages for awhile (yes, sometimes it is best to unplug for brief periods of relaxation) . We understand and with that in mind, have made it very easy to make Yoono smaller or just go away entirely and I wanted to take a few minutes  to explain these options.

By default, Yoono looks like this and most users find this a perfect size for their laptop and desktop monitors. You can see all of the networks, photos, updates and instant messages in a convenient sidebar as you browse the web.  Now let’s explore 4 ways to change Yoono’s footprint.

1. Standard Mode Flexibility: The width of the Yoono sidebar is resizable.  To change it, move your mouse to the right border of Yoono. From any spot on the right border you’ll see your pointer change to a vertical line. Click and now you can drag the Yoono sidebar’s edge to make it wider or thinner. The sidebar can be as large as roughly 670 pixels or as small as 160 pixels. My numbers may be off a bit but the point is it’s a very flexible sidebar that lets the user customize how much horizontal space it takes up.

2. Thin Mode: Clicking the circle that contains two left-facing arrows in the upper left hand corner of Yoono will switch the sidebar to thin-mode. This mode is VERY THIN taking up only roughly 25 pixels on your screen.  Even on small screens such as netbooks this doesn’t take up much screen real estate. When Yoono is running in this mode, everything still functions exactly as it did in standard mode. You’re still signed in to your IM services and will receive notifications when a new IM comes in (friends icon will flash and you’ll get a pop up notification).  You’ll see a number in red below the friends icon that shows you how many new updates you have as well as pop up notifications when status updates from your social networks come in.  You can also easily share the page (or images/videos/text from it) in this mode by clicking on the share button.

3. Closed: Let’s say you want to quickly reclaim desktop space or close Yoono for some reason. A common case would be that it’s time to cram for that exam or the boss walks by your cubicle. Closing Yoono is very easy but note that it will also log you out of your instant messaging clients and you will not receive any pop up notifications in this mode.  You can close Yoono three ways.

• The first is by clicking the Yoono icon in the Firefox (or IE) Toolbar
• The second way is in the View menu of Firefox (or IE) you’ll see a “sidebar” menu – within it you should see “Yoono” – select this to close it.

• Finally on Mac, clicking “Shift+Command+Y” or on Windows XP / Vista, click “Ctrl+Alt+Y” also closes the sidebar
  

When you close Yoono via any one of the above methods, we remember that preference so when you close and re-open your browser next time, the sidebar will be closed if you closed it prior to closing your browser.  For example if you have a 10″ laptop computer with limited screen real estate you may decide to keep it closed until you get home and plug-in to the 20″ external monitor at the house.  Repeating any of the steps above toggles the sidebar open and closed.

4. Disabled: In the rare (we hope) circumstance where you want to disable Yoono completely- i.e. where you don’t see the Yoono icon, it never loads when you launch Firefox and isn’t available through any methods listed above,  you can do that too.  The following instructions are standard with any Firefox or IE add-on.  Locate the Tools menu in and click “Add-ons” (“Manage add-ons” in IE).  A window will appear. On the tab labeled “Extensions” in Firefox click “Disable” next to the Yoono icon (in IE just click on the “enabled” text to toggle). After Firefox restarts, you won’t see any references of Yoono in your browser until you repeat the steps to enable it again via the Add-ons window.

In summary:

1. Standard Mode: Can be made wide or small and all notifications, IMs and updates work.
2. Thin Mode: You won’t see updates in the sidebar, pop-up notifications still show and you remain signed in to all networks.
3. Closed: You can open and close Yoono in less than a second but system resources are freed up and you’re signed out of all networks.
4. Disabled: Yoono is completely disabled and no references of the Add-on will be available outside of the Add-ons window.

Hope that brief overview helps you navigate Yoono and use it the way that best suits your needs!  Have a question?  Click the “Feedback” tab on our website and let us know what’s on your mind.

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