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

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Post by Alupis » Sun, May 31, 2015, 10:21 PM UTC

JoeAltmaier wrote: post #137

Alupis wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You provide one example of a single website out of millions that does not use a popup, and claim QED? Like stated before... you are letting your personal bias creep into a pseudo-fact.

'A single website' that is the largest single fraction of the entire internet traffic, yes. And what's with the 'pseudo' slam?

I honestly don't know what you are trying to debate anymore. Netflix might account for the largest bandwidth consumption, sure, but it's not even in the top 50 websites by users/pageviews. Your analogy falls down hard; we're talking about a common tactic to collect email addresses... to my knowledge Netflix does not have a newsletter they send out. Does that mean nobody should collect email addresses and run a newsletter campaign? Absolutely not.

> And what's with the 'pseudo' slam?

You are making up facts to support your skewed and biased view. You don't like popups that ask for email addresses, therefore you assert they are ineffective and annoying to all users. This is absurd, and provably false.

You assert Netflix has the most consumption of bandwidth for a single service on the internet, and they don't employ a popup to collect email addresses... and therefore conclude that nobody should use a popup to collect email addresses. This is equally absurd.

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

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Post by mplscoder » Mon, Jun 01, 2015, 2:31 AM UTC

emodendroket wrote: post #135

mplscoder wrote: post #117

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If they didn't read to the bottom, they probably aren't interested in the product enough to sign up for an email.

That's just not that true. People rather frequently do things like share articles they only bothered to read half of on Facebook; there's no reason to think they wouldn't want a newsletter or a product. c.f. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/06/... > Schwartz’s data shows that readers can’t stay focused. The more I type, the more of you tune out. And it’s not just me. It’s not just Slate. It’s…

Well good counterpoint, but there's got to be something better than forcing me to close a popup.

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

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Post by markh1967 » Thu, Jun 04, 2015, 3:08 PM UTC

TheLoneWolfling wrote: post #124

amyjess wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I really wish there was a way to globally disable all lightboxes without having to disable JavaScript entirely. Maybe a Machine Learning model to prevent scripts from executing if the classifier indicates it will spawn a lightbox...

Something as simple as checking that nothing dynamic blocks too much text would detect most of them currently. But it quickly turns into a cat-and-mouse game.

That would stop any drop-down menu navigation bars from working though.