The bar also offers a quick links tab (which we'll be expanding to allow custom links), however, it also includes advertising. Even though the quick links and chat are a plus in our opinion, we recognize that the ads can be annoying. We've enabled disabling of the bar completely (unfortunately, we can't disable just the ads part individually) for Respect Prisoners only. The setting is on your account page.

Let us know if you run into any issues with the bar. We'll be working to integrate it more with the game, so it should be easier to send a quick instant message from user's profiles, in the yards and from forum posts.