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Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by waisbrot »

js2 wrote: post #106

I use Safari and I almost always click/tap the reader view icon as soon as the page loads. This: 1) Shows the text even if a modal has already tried to obscure it. 2) Ensures a legible font and contrast. 3) Undoes stupid scroll jacking. Yay, the text scrolls smoothly again. 4) Fixes the scroll bar so that it provides an accurate indication of how far through the page I've read, since the non-text crap I don't care ab…

What do you call that giant banner that drops down on Medium (and other sites) every time I accidentally scroll up a pixel? I hate that thing.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by ufmace »

jpalomaki wrote: post #71

Instead of asking "Do you want to participate ..." ask one relevant question that actually has some value for you. And put one field for entering free information. If I'm in the mood, I could actually help you to develop your business/web site by providing some highly insightful information. Can't see any value in these questionnaires, since the population who answers to them must be highly biased. If you spend many…

That would be kinda funny - a modal pop-over to ask a single question: What would you improve about this website?

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by waisbrot »

PeterisP wrote: post #96
archon wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's more like having someone at the door of every store you go into asking for your phone number as you walk in. Which is exactly what many stores do, except on the way out (at the register.) They also tend to get pretty annoyed at you when you say "no thanks" to providing a number.

Is that a USA thing? I've never seen such behavior in my life.

It was a thing at Radio Shack while they were in their death throes. Then they made a big deal about not doing that anymore.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by orblivion »

rabboRubble wrote: post #94
kgwxd wrote: post #53

I made a add-on for myself to shun sites that behave in ways I don't like. It removes links to their sites from every page. It effectively removes them from the internet. I think that's a way scarier scenario for a website owner than just getting their ads blocked. If the list were community driven and widely used, I think site owners would start changing their behavior. I know most people just want the content and d…

Can your add-on remove all mentions of the Kardashians, Taylor Swift, Kanye, and Bruce/Caitlin Jenner?

If you get no response you can safely assume the answer is yes :-P

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

#115

Post by archon »

PeterisP wrote: post #96
archon wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> it's more like having someone at the door of every store you go into asking for your phone number as you walk in. Which is exactly what many stores do, except on the way out (at the register.) They also tend to get pretty annoyed at you when you say "no thanks" to providing a number.

Is that a USA thing? I've never seen such behavior in my life.

> I've never seen such behavior in my life.

Which behavior, the asking for phone numbers or the getting annoyed?

Many major chains in the US have some sort of "loyalty" program that requires a phone number, email address, or both.

As for the getting annoyed, I've gotten countless eyerolls and a few snide comments when I've politely declined to give a phone number.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by dec0dedab0de »

kgwxd wrote: post #53

I made a add-on for myself to shun sites that behave in ways I don't like. It removes links to their sites from every page. It effectively removes them from the internet. I think that's a way scarier scenario for a website owner than just getting their ads blocked. If the list were community driven and widely used, I think site owners would start changing their behavior. I know most people just want the content and d…

that's awesome, I have considered doing the same thing

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by rodovich »

old-gregg wrote: post #87

IMO it doesn't worth the time to discuss appropriate and inappropriate uses of JavaScript. It's way simpler to disable it entirely. I use two browsers: Firefox with "YesScript" extension which keeps the black list of sites where JS is disabled: see a popup? laggy scrolling? sticky headers? Bam! hit the button and you won't see it again. For work, where web applications like Google suite matter, I use Chrome. Some tim…

> position:fixed (auto-replace to position:static)

I've gotten pretty good results from a bookmarklet that converts `position: fixed` elements to `display: none`.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

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Post by vhost- »

waisbrot wrote: post #111
js2 wrote: post #106

I use Safari and I almost always click/tap the reader view icon as soon as the page loads. This: 1) Shows the text even if a modal has already tried to obscure it. 2) Ensures a legible font and contrast. 3) Undoes stupid scroll jacking. Yay, the text scrolls smoothly again. 4) Fixes the scroll bar so that it provides an accurate indication of how far through the page I've read, since the non-text crap I don't care ab…

What do you call that giant banner that drops down on Medium (and other sites) every time I accidentally scroll up a pixel? I hate that thing.

It's the header and it's super frustrating when that happens.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

#119

Post by stock_toaster »

waisbrot wrote: post #111
js2 wrote: post #106

I use Safari and I almost always click/tap the reader view icon as soon as the page loads. This: 1) Shows the text even if a modal has already tried to obscure it. 2) Ensures a legible font and contrast. 3) Undoes stupid scroll jacking. Yay, the text scrolls smoothly again. 4) Fixes the scroll bar so that it provides an accurate indication of how far through the page I've read, since the non-text crap I don't care ab…

What do you call that giant banner that drops down on Medium (and other sites) every time I accidentally scroll up a pixel? I hate that thing.

I call it the nav teabag.

Re: No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter

#120

Post by bdcravens »

howderek wrote: post #74
kgwxd wrote: post #53

I made a add-on for myself to shun sites that behave in ways I don't like. It removes links to their sites from every page. It effectively removes them from the internet. I think that's a way scarier scenario for a website owner than just getting their ads blocked. If the list were community driven and widely used, I think site owners would start changing their behavior. I know most people just want the content and d…

Consensual, transparent censorship. Interesting.

Can't help but think about what is censorship. What role does intent place? If you're trying to inform? Entertain? Sell?

Write an ad blocker you're celebrated, write an add-on that's hides divs that mention , you're a villain.

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