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Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page

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Re: Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page

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Post by ctdonath »

ajross wrote: post #12
tga wrote: post #5

Kit Kat's homepage is currently a monstrosity. Scrolling down the page pushes a new history URL every half page, using the back button is then essentially broken (on Firefox at least) and actually getting back to the page that unfortunately sent you there requires something like 20 clicks. Not so bad joke otherwise, but the history hijacking made it a crappy experience and I couldn't close the tab quickly enough.

Honestly: you're being a snob. The page is designed to be scrolled down once, chuckled at, and closed. And I did, and it works for me. Sitting on our high horses and demanding that Nestle's corporate IT department churn out a site worthy of YC-driven-multi-round-venture-funding is counterproductive and unkind. They had a cute idea, probably on short notice, and they got it done. I will say that I'm actually really li…

and closed.

If you didn't "Open In New Tab" the link, and value the current tab's browsing history, this will be very annoying via "back back back back back aw crap how far must I go back back click-hold-back good grief click meh that was fun until it wasn't."

Re: Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page

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Post by AliEzer »

tga wrote: post #5

Kit Kat's homepage is currently a monstrosity. Scrolling down the page pushes a new history URL every half page, using the back button is then essentially broken (on Firefox at least) and actually getting back to the page that unfortunately sent you there requires something like 20 clicks. Not so bad joke otherwise, but the history hijacking made it a crappy experience and I couldn't close the tab quickly enough.

The webpage is a monstrosity because of a problem on the back button? Wow, hackernews comments never cease to amaze me when it comes to finding something negative to say.

Re: Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page

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Post by untog »

This honestly makes me wonder: what is the point of web sites for stuff like KitKat? Clearly, they can replace the entire thing for the purposes of a joke so it can't be that high up there.

Who visits those sites? What do they do on them? The Nestle/Hersheys site, sure. Standard corporate stuff. But a site specifically for KitKat?

EDIT: there seems to be some confusion in the replies. I am not talking about this joke web site that was put up today. I am talking about the normal kitkat.com that has been around forever.

Re: Kit Kat's homepage is currently a parody of Android announcement page

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Post by untog »

ctdonath wrote: post #23
ajross wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Honestly: you're being a snob. The page is designed to be scrolled down once, chuckled at, and closed. And I did, and it works for me. Sitting on our high horses and demanding that Nestle's corporate IT department churn out a site worthy of YC-driven-multi-round-venture-funding is counterproductive and unkind. They had a cute idea, probably on short notice, and they got it done. I will say that I'm actually really li…

and closed. If you didn't "Open In New Tab" the link, and value the current tab's browsing history, this will be very annoying via "back back back back back aw crap how far must I go back back click-hold-back good grief click meh that was fun until it wasn't."

or hold down on the back button.
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