Remove dots from Beamer miniframes style

Question

Can anybody help me remove the subsection dots from the navigation bar in Beamer miniframes outer theme?

Edit: This is the preamble what worked:

\documentclass[xcolor=x11names,compress]{beamer}

\usepackage{graphicx}

\usepackage{miniframes}
\useinnertheme{default}
\usefonttheme{serif}
\usepackage{palatino}

\setbeamerfont{title like}{shape=\scshape}
\setbeamerfont{frametitle}{shape=\scshape}

\setbeamercolor*{lower separation line head}{bg=DeepSkyBlue4} 
\setbeamercolor*{normal text}{fg=black,bg=white} 
\setbeamercolor*{alerted text}{fg=red} 
\setbeamercolor*{example text}{fg=black} 
\setbeamercolor*{structure}{fg=black} 

\setbeamercolor*{palette tertiary}{fg=black,bg=black!10} 
\setbeamercolor*{palette quaternary}{fg=black,bg=black!10} 

\makeatletter
\def\beamer@writeslidentry{\clearpage\beamer@notesactions}
\makeatother

\renewcommand{\(}{\begin{columns}}
\renewcommand{\)}{\end{columns}}
\newcommand{\<}[1]{\begin{column}{#1}}
\renewcommand{\>}{\end{column}}

Answer 1

May be not the best way but I found it here Hide some slides from the miniframes navigation in beamer and I think that I can use it in your needs like:

\makeatletter
\def\beamer@writeslidentry{\clearpage\beamer@notesactions}
\makeatother

Add it in your preamble and check if it is ok for what you want

Edited to make it simpler...