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Why Groundhog Day Is the Most Important Holiday of the Year

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Re: Why Groundhog Day Is the Most Important Holiday of the Year

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I have no idea what this article is about nor will I ever, but I encourage any front-end web designer | developer to take a look because this site is a shining example of what not to do.

Upon loading the page I was pretty much instantly distracted from reading the article by two incredibly intrusive boxes taking over the space and blocking me from reading the article.

I closed the tab without hesitation and won't be reading the article.

Take this for what you will, but please note that I'm not being petulant here. This is truly a textbook demonstration of a bad web user experience.

Re: Why Groundhog Day Is the Most Important Holiday of the Year

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I have no idea what this article is about nor will I ever, but I encourage any front-end web designer | developer to take a look because this site is a shining example of what not to do. Upon loading the page I was pretty much instantly distracted from reading the article by two incredibly intrusive boxes taking over the space and blocking me from reading the article. I closed the tab without hesitation and won't be…

I didn't see this behavior on my iPad ... Perhaps a broken "mobile first" site?

Re: Why Groundhog Day Is the Most Important Holiday of the Year

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post #9

I have no idea what this article is about nor will I ever, but I encourage any front-end web designer | developer to take a look because this site is a shining example of what not to do. Upon loading the page I was pretty much instantly distracted from reading the article by two incredibly intrusive boxes taking over the space and blocking me from reading the article. I closed the tab without hesitation and won't be…

I didn't see this behavior on my iPad ... Perhaps a broken "mobile first" site?

Possibly; I tried to read on a computer.
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