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Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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Cookie banners have ruined the internet!

I you have to have one I'd suggest it have a Reject All button which makes the banner go away without any further clicks.

Nothing is more soul destroying than having to click several times to make the nonsense go away.

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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post #8

Cookie permissions and EU advertising options should absolutely be built into the browser, it makes no sense for the user to have permissions on each site individually like this with a different system on each one. Then the user can centrally review what permissions they gave, revoke them etc. So no sites should have these kind of approval banners.

Huh, I think I agree. Not only are the banners slow, obnoxious, have a tendency to being manipulative and are different for every website, a web developer can easily ignore the user's choice and track them anyway. Apple made a big leap with the “ask app not to track” and I think browsers should have this as well. If only to get rid of those infernal banners.

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

#13

Cookie banners have ruined the internet! I you have to have one I'd suggest it have a Reject All button which makes the banner go away without any further clicks. Nothing is more soul destroying than having to click several times to make the nonsense go away.

Yes I think I’ll post the design here when it’s done.

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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Personally ... I think the best option (if you have to have cookies (and there are plenty of reasons you may want/need them)) is to have screen-wide, contrasting-color, short-top-to-bottom bar with a single OK or Accept button for dismissal Do not give people options about cookies - either they accept (and dismiss the notice), or they leave When I am presented with cookie options , I start to wonder why there are "un…

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Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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The best thing one can do is not use cookies -> no need for a consent banner. If that's not an option, the next best thing is to have an overlay that is as honest as possible and most importantly provides not only an "Accept all", but also a "Reject all" button. Don't use dark patterns, basically. That is, use the same color, style and size for each of those buttons. My experience is that most users are so used to th…

Yes, if you put the “reject all”, button behind a “customize cookie settings” click, you’re a bad, anti-social person.

Also probably illegal. That part of the law is not yet enforced very much, but there have been a few rulings.

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

#16

I think the effort would be best spent avoiding cookies and trackers in the first place. What do you plan on using cookies for? There might be some ways of doing similar things without cookies or trackers (server-side analytics for example) that are more respective of users and also eliminiate the need for any banners at all. I know my company's website has a pointless cookie modal - the necessary cookies are just fo…

Can you explain how server side analytics works without cookies?

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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post #3

Personally ... I think the best option (if you have to have cookies (and there are plenty of reasons you may want/need them)) is to have screen-wide, contrasting-color, short-top-to-bottom bar with a single OK or Accept button for dismissal Do not give people options about cookies - either they accept (and dismiss the notice), or they leave When I am presented with cookie options , I start to wonder why there are "un…

If you're adding a cookie banner for legal reasons, that means you're covering against GDPR, which says that you're -not- allowed to refuse service based on someone not wanting cookies that are not necessary for providing the service (e.g. all the analytics/tracking crap). You're obligated to give them a way to opt out while continuing to use your service, and it should be as easy to decline as it is to accept[0]. Th…

Some of Germany's largest online newspapers, like Bild (https://www.bild.de/) demand either that you subscribe to their online paper or consent to all cookies. As far as I see there is no way to reject the cookies.

Re: Ask HN: What is the least obnoxious way to ask for cookie permissions?

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post #8

Cookie permissions and EU advertising options should absolutely be built into the browser, it makes no sense for the user to have permissions on each site individually like this with a different system on each one. Then the user can centrally review what permissions they gave, revoke them etc. So no sites should have these kind of approval banners.

It already is. But it makes it too easy to say no, so Websites don't respect it.
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