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My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by Ntrails »

Beltalowda wrote: post #340
janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. On Reddit this means that I manage to close the thread by accident all the time because someone thought it would be a good idea to open the threads in a modal that closes when you click outside of it. I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! IMHO this "close modal when clicking outside of it" is a UX pattern you…

> I thought I was the only one with this habit hah!

Nope. I think I would gladly institute capital punishment for people who institute pop-ups on highlighted text. "Oooh, you highlighted a passage of text, would you like to tweet it (with a link to source and user tracked)?"

No. I was reading that. ** off.

Outlook.com is particularly as depending on my random clicks I can end up with "new email + quote" or "new Note" or some other thing.

Some things I've managed to murder with adblock rules but really I'd just like my browser to not show the relevant triggers.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by sodality2 »

hackernewds wrote: post #294
sodality2 wrote: post #24

I'm still young so maybe my mind hasn't matured enough to where I can combat this well. So I went heavy-handed - I have a button on my desk that when I press it, my server's DNS server (through which all my devices and router resolve) begins rejecting requests to reddit, instagram, twitter, hackernews, news.google.com, etc. For the next two hours, there is nothing I can do outside of SSH'ing through my mobile device…

Would you mind kindly linking to or detailing how someone might set up such a setup?

Essentially just an AdGuard Home installation on my VPS. I then added all the URLs and blocked them all in the web interface, and sniffed the network request in the browser console. Then, I unblocked them. For each one of these, I saved the corresponding "copy as CURL" command. When the button is pressed, the "blocked" command is called; after waiting 7200 seconds, the "unblock" command is called.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by aeno »

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

completely off topic, but you're not Jan Marsalek[0] by any chance? the Wirecard criminal that is wanted by Interpol? :)

[0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Marsalek

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by Forgeties79 »

Beltalowda wrote: post #340
janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. On Reddit this means that I manage to close the thread by accident all the time because someone thought it would be a good idea to open the threads in a modal that closes when you click outside of it. I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! IMHO this "close modal when clicking outside of it" is a UX pattern you…

I’m 90% sure I’ll be done with Reddit if they ditch old view. It’s honestly that integral for me lol

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by core-utility »

Ntrails wrote: post #371
Beltalowda wrote: post #340

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. On Reddit this means that I manage to close the thread by accident all the time because someone thought it would be a good idea to open the threads in a modal that closes when you click outside of it. I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! IMHO this "close modal when clicking outside of it" is a UX pattern you…

> I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! Nope. I think I would gladly institute capital punishment for people who institute pop-ups on highlighted text. "Oooh, you highlighted a passage of text, would you like to tweet it (with a link to source and user tracked)?" No. I was reading that. ** off. Outlook.com is particularly as depending on my random clicks I can end up with "new email + quote" or "new Note…

The "New Email + Quote" thing gets me frequently, the quoted text below will just be some random section of text and I have to go back, deselect the text, and start a new email.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by hutzlibu »

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

"Oh and once I tried to use Quora. It asked me to log in before I even knew what kind of a website it is. Now I hate Quora with a passion even though I'm not even sure what kind of a website it is exactly."

Quora used to be good. A place where you can ask any question and if it was interesting enough, interesting people answer. Like a good question about wikipedia, made Jimmy Wales answer directly.

But over time it all became very generic and force login to read anything, made me not visit at all anymore.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by stack_framer »

blable2 wrote: post #369
janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

Explain "Paints" as this primate can't understand.

Clicking text and moving the cursor for the sole purpose of highlighting that text.

Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by [deleted] »

janmarsal wrote: post #306

Thankfully my monkey brain is stronger than my lizard brain when it comes to things like infinite scroll, modals and other horrible UI features that nobody in their right mind should add to any website. Even just a couple of minutes of twitter usage makes me rage quit the whole website. Why do you pause my video when I scroll down it's just a politician speaking I don't need to see it only listen WHY YOU DO THIS? I'm…

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Re: My lizard brain is no match for infinite scroll

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Post by ratww »

Ntrails wrote: post #371
Beltalowda wrote: post #340

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I'm also one of those people who randomly clicks and "paints" the text on every website I use. On Reddit this means that I manage to close the thread by accident all the time because someone thought it would be a good idea to open the threads in a modal that closes when you click outside of it. I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! IMHO this "close modal when clicking outside of it" is a UX pattern you…

> I thought I was the only one with this habit hah! Nope. I think I would gladly institute capital punishment for people who institute pop-ups on highlighted text. "Oooh, you highlighted a passage of text, would you like to tweet it (with a link to source and user tracked)?" No. I was reading that. ** off. Outlook.com is particularly as depending on my random clicks I can end up with "new email + quote" or "new Note…

I also thought I was the only one. To be fair, my text-painting is half readability enhancement and half fidgeting. I am kind of annoying in pair programming sessions.
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