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sylar182
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I swear upon the gods of the internet! Any time I am trying to read an article/blog post/anything and the site puts a god damn pop-up form asking me to sign up for something, I leave the site. ESPECIALLY ON MOBILE WHEN YOU CANT CLOSE THE DAMN WINDOW WITHOUT GIVING UP YOUR INFO.

And every time a client asks me to do this I nicely explain how much people hate pop-ups, 99% of the time I've closed the window or tab before I even read what the box is asking for, I don't care.

If the user is trying to read something, then they are trying to read something, and they don't want to be bothered with your ridiculous attempts for information gathering so you can spam them later.

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  • 1
    8y
    And the ones without a close button? I just delete the div
  • 0
    8y
    @DeveloperACE that's only if I REALLY need to be on their site, and for most things I can find it somewhere else.
  • 3
    8y
    The trouble is, someone who asks for it generally understands people will hate it but somewhere in their mind, the attention grabbing effect is worth it. I can't believe it's anything other than counter-productive nowadays. It's a complete anti-pattern.

    Also just had a mini-rant elsewhere about sites which launch App Store links without prompting. Hate it.
  • 1
    8y
    @samk I read somewhere that google's algo is adding this into their system to mark the site as not mobile friendly which will also change the rank.
  • 0
    8y
    I've been tempted to make a chrome extension that automatically deletes light boxes, any thoughts? (Except about technical difficulty)
  • 0
    8y
    @OiYouYeahYou I was thinking the same thing earlier, with the option to include additional classes for ones I didn't include in my general list
  • 0
    8y
    @sylar182 damn it that's genius!
    But you'd need to make each one exclusive to that website or you may end up breaking websites.

    Also there needs to be a system for an end user to enter the relevant details without needing HTML experience
  • 1
    8y
    Yup, had a client that insisted on it - I asked if he ever sign up to any of them.. his expression was priceless
  • 0
    8y
    @OiYouYeahYou adblock had a nice feature to add elements, you could click the element and then it would start hiding divs from inner to outer till it was hidden
  • 0
    8y
    Wow so yes!!! Where's the option to +1 X 1000.
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