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F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it

#1

Post by anc84 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:29 PM UTC

F*** those popups – signing up those who deserve it
thosefuckingpopups.tumblr.com

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#2

Post by unwind » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

That's ... angry.

I think "signing up" needs editing, it's not idiomatic English (at least to my non-native ears).

Perhaps "naming and shaming", heh.

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#3

Post by Cthulhu_ » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:36 PM UTC

Are there any good pop-up blockers for ads like these? I know one of Firefox's original USP's was having a built-in popup blocker because popups were so annoying back then, so why not for these?

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#4

Post by mikeash » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:44 PM UTC

unwind wrote: post #2

That's ... angry. I think "signing up" needs editing, it's not idiomatic English (at least to my non-native ears). Perhaps "naming and shaming", heh.

It looks like they are literally signing up the offenders for their own newsletters in these popups, so the title is appropriate.

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#5

Post by _lce0 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:45 PM UTC

I'm ok with those as long as they react to ESC key .. otherwise it's instantly close tab

What I hate the most are those install alerts, during page load, which then ends up being a phonegap/cordoba of SAME site (!)

..or to be redirected to "m.example.com" because they think that an special diminished experience best fit for my perfectly capable phone

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#6

Post by Raphmedia » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:46 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

Are there any good pop-up blockers for ads like these? I know one of Firefox's original USP's was having a built-in popup blocker because popups were so annoying back then, so why not for these?

Because those are not pop-ups. They are simply area of the websites positioned with CSS along with some JS for the fadeIn/fadeOut on page load and on click of the "x" button.

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#7

Post by thom_nic » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:47 PM UTC

I've definitely noticed a trend in technical blogs/ newsletters (some of which have been featured on HN) throw up a "like this article? Sign up for our newsletter" popup after you start to scroll down the page.

"I don't fucking know if I like this article, you're interrupting me while I'm still in the middle of reading it!"

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#8

Post by astazangasta » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

I've never understood this design. Someone came to your website to do something. Why is the first thing you do is give them a bad experience?

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#9

Post by goda90 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

I don't see why Dropbox is on there. That's just a sign in/register window for a service that requires an account.

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#10

Post by sp332 » Fri, May 29, 2015, 2:50 PM UTC

Cthulhu_ wrote: post #3

Are there any good pop-up blockers for ads like these? I know one of Firefox's original USP's was having a built-in popup blocker because popups were so annoying back then, so why not for these?

I'm not sure, because some of them are actually used to log in to sites. You'd have to have an exhaustive blacklist, or some heuristics that block common copy-and-paste versions but wouldn't block all of them.

If you only care about the text on a page, Readability will pull it out and show it to you in a plain style. https://www.readability.com/ Safari already has this built-in, and it's in Firefox Beta so it should be in the next shipping version.