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Post by acheron »

bluetwo wrote: post #126

It seems to me that all these sites use the same basic code. It was some developer--one of us-- that came up with this, which has since been replicated by evil managers and complicit web developers around the globe. What we need to do, even if for purely symbolic purposes, is find the developer who coded the original modal popup and kill him (or her).

Is this a No Ontological Inertia[0] thing, where destroying the creator also destroys the creations?

[0] http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/NoOntologicalIner...

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Post by js2 »

sah2ed wrote: post #161
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…

Mind me asking what ad blocker you use on iOS?

1Blocker. I'm using it on macOS too.

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Post by djsumdog »

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?

Makes me thing of the cloud to butt plug-in (teehee) that changed every instance of the word "cloud" on a page to "butt."

"..Host your data in our high availability butt..."

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

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Post by djsumdog »

Lxr wrote: post #9

This is what happens when you mindlessly optimise for metrics like user signups - not surprisingly, you get more signups when you block the content with an obnoxious modal but after a few years, you wonder where all your users went. How much value do you really get from a user who was forced to sign up with a gun to their head?

..but the thing is, they do work. They don't wonder where their users went because their numbers don't actually go down. Even e-mail spam has a 1% ~ 2% return rate. That's why we still have spam.

Sure you and I never click on those boxes, or disable javascript on offending pages, but the majority of web users do not. Many people do stick in an e-mail address, even if it's a bulk mail/spam address. Still, some people put in an address they actually check. That tiny amount of people, generate revenue.

I mean really ... the problem is people. It's okay though, one day we'll go extinct .. or we'll colonise beyond our solar system .. or someone already did that 2nd part and we're just in a simulation of said creatures.

Sleep well.

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

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Post by bsmith »

I think the OP here hit the nail on the head: if you don't like it, leave. He has no right to demand a web property owner appease his every whim. The owner has every right to have modals on their site. Just like Walmart has every (legal) right to mistreat their employees. So I don't shop there.
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