Please, can we get a trend going to put an end to the ludicrous number of popups. I visited one site today and... It had the customary and extremely annoying cookie popup, but also.. A newsletter sign up A "we'd like to send you updates. A before you go message when I went to leave.
The first three I had to close before I could even see the content.
Marshall
12:52 pm on Jan 1, 2021 (gmt 0)
I second that along with the banner width ads that overlay the page until you start to scroll down, but reappear when you scroll up. As I always say, I heard you twice the first time.
JorgeV
1:12 pm on Jan 1, 2021 (gmt 0)
Hello,
Just don't visit (leave) sites which are abusing of it. This is what I do. If enough people are doing this, these sites will think twice about continuing. (same for abusive ads).
engine
4:27 pm on Jan 1, 2021 (gmt 0)
@Marshall Yes, that too. There's also the usability issue of the cookie notification which is off the mobile screen and can't be found.
Just don't visit (leave) sites which are abusing of it. This is what I do. If enough people are doing this, these sites will think twice about continuing. (same for abusive ads).
Here's the conundrum: If you have never visited the site you don't know what it will will throw at you. FYI, that site that prompted me to say this was not what i'd class as anything dodgy, it was artists materials.
lucy24
6:03 pm on Jan 1, 2021 (gmt 0)
I think the intention of (leave), parenthesized, was that if you go somewhere unsuspecting and get hit with a blizzard of popups, close the tab/window instantly.
engine
9:42 am on Jan 3, 2021 (gmt 0)
@Lucy24 Correct, it's so annoying that I move away from their site. Perhaps they should try using a heatmap, such as Microsoft Clarity.
not2easy
1:07 pm on Jan 3, 2021 (gmt 0)
This can happen because people rely too much on plugins to do everything for them so rather than look into their responsibilities for GDPR cookies compliance they add a plugin and then it offers multiple functions that they never test. All the bells and whistles, but they don't visit and likely aren't experiencing the result. The back end doesn't see the front end.
RhinoFish
7:45 pm on Jan 3, 2021 (gmt 0)
They're too ignorant to know it injures their paid advertising, social traffic and organic traffic.
The pain inflicted needs to be explained to the dolts, but where's the fun in that.
:-)
tangor
1:12 am on Jan 4, 2021 (gmt 0)
I know I'm the minority here, but I have all that stuff shut down with js killers, ad killers, and other "don't annoy me" killers.
However, I am all for educating webmasters, or wannabes, that these practices are detrimental to the user experience and tend to create word of mouth bad pr which goes against the desire of attracting new users.
Personally, I don't see this stuff. And if the website won't run and chides me for updating browser or turning js on, I will give them a second chance by killing their css and other enhancements to read through what is presented ... and if that doesn't work, never visit them again.
As I said, this is a minority report on a PERSONAL aspect of how I use the web which is very contrary to the all-dancing add ons which are becoming all too beloved by a large percentage of coders.
And becoming abusive and irritating at the same time.
YMMV
... but if you keep that intrusion to a minimum many happy campers will come to your web rv park!
