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Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by cronix » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:03 AM UTC

AnIdiotOnTheNet wrote: post #188

themodelplumber wrote: post #90

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> I long for a curated list of such sites. I don't know if this is good news but I started doing this a while back and found so many sites that it was futile to keep them in one list. These days I tend to keep them in contextual notes or databases. Also many of them fail to pass one or two annoyance tests, but I find that they're worth it anyway. For example they are not mobile friendly in some minor way, like the to…

My god, the web has become so garbage that we're going back to web directories...

Yes, we're "reimagining" web directories.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by asdff » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:13 AM UTC

hardwaresofton wrote: post #199

asdff wrote: post #196

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Someone needs to just scrape the web for light weight websites then offer a search engine just for these sites. Rid the corruption from the web please.

But would anyone pay for it? Basically a relatively closed and essentially almost manually curated web ring seems like it'd offer a lot of value, but who pays? Maybe it could work if you charge users a super small base fee (let's say $1/month), and charge commercial sites that want to be listed in certain verticals?

I'd be happy to pay per month but if a commercial site can just buy sponsored posts I'm out.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:20 AM UTC

rchaud wrote: post #165

ub99 wrote: post #91

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The auto playing videos that are not related to the content of the article are, perhaps, the most baffling thing for me. I open an article and watch a video for a minute trying to understand the point - to only then realize that the video is unrelated. What’s the point of this? In most cases I close the website and add it to my blocklist.

The videos usually have unskippable ads.

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Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by ezstar » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:21 AM UTC

I'm sympathetic to the point being made, but amused that a script and cookie blocker snarled things up early on. And also impressed that they used the actual notification APIs and cookie banner standards with enough fidelity that my extensions hooked it.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by ub99 » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:26 AM UTC

rchaud wrote: post #165

ub99 wrote: post #91

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The auto playing videos that are not related to the content of the article are, perhaps, the most baffling thing for me. I open an article and watch a video for a minute trying to understand the point - to only then realize that the video is unrelated. What’s the point of this? In most cases I close the website and add it to my blocklist.

The videos usually have unskippable ads.

Oh I see. My ad blocker seems to block all those video ads pretty effectively!

Even then, why would they not just run video ads in that spot? What is the point of trying to distract the user from the content of the article? Just feels weird to me.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by dzonga » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:28 AM UTC

props to whoever made that page. at times, I feel massive second hand guilt and shame by being associated through profession by those who make the crappy web experience we go through daily. one major benefit, is I seek books more now and relevant documentation or papers. I also like forums. and tend to try avoid sites with images. we as in industry should pushback on these practices so we can gain the trust of people utilizing stuff we build.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by red_hare » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:36 AM UTC

Fantastic.

The only thing it’s missing is a broken Reader View easter egg.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by eloisius » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:36 AM UTC

They forgot to only show one paragraph of the article with an inexplicable “read more” that unveils the rest.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by exciteabletom » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:37 AM UTC

ub99 wrote: post #215

rchaud wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The videos usually have unskippable ads.

Oh I see. My ad blocker seems to block all those video ads pretty effectively! Even then, why would they not just run video ads in that spot? What is the point of trying to distract the user from the content of the article? Just feels weird to me.

> What is the point of trying to distract the user from the content of the article?

The article is merely bait to get you to look at the ads. Once you are on the page, they don't care whether or not you read the article.

Re: How I Experience Web Today

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Post by eloisius » Tue, Aug 24, 2021, 1:38 AM UTC

asdff wrote: post #196

themodelplumber wrote: post #90

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I long for a curated list of such sites. I don't know if this is good news but I started doing this a while back and found so many sites that it was futile to keep them in one list. These days I tend to keep them in contextual notes or databases. Also many of them fail to pass one or two annoyance tests, but I find that they're worth it anyway. For example they are not mobile friendly in some minor way, like the to…

Someone needs to just scrape the web for light weight websites then offer a search engine just for these sites. Rid the corruption from the web please.

Try https://wiby.me/