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The implementation of the ad examples is interesting. I'm not sure wireframes would be the most effective way to gauge annoyance. The times I really curse and w
by moronicalox 9y ago
The implementation of the ad examples is interesting. I'm not sure wireframes would be the most effective way to gauge annoyance. The times I really curse and want to smash my device is usually less about the design rather than the functionality of what it's keeping me from doing or interfering with. I'd have a much less visceral reaction to the same ad design if I was just looking at a wireframe during a study.
- Macha 9y agoYeah, the two things that really piss me off are: 1. I scroll down, read the article a bit, move to scroll again, and end up clicking an ad that has just popped into existence (Cynical reason: The delay improves their CTR and hence revenue. Less cynical reason: They were too optimistic in how fast their ad would load on my mobile connection). 2. I click your page and it starts playing noise. It doesn't even have to be an ad, a lot of news sites autoplay their videos when I just care about the article. Both are less about where the ad is and more about how it behaves
- eli 9y agoAnother factor in #1 is advertisers don't want to pay for ad impressions if the ad was never actually viewed (because it's way down the page and the user never scrolled that far).
- Coincoin 9y ago3. The modal window is too big which pushes the tiny close button outside the screen and makes it impossible to close.
- bigbugbag 9y agoTry using your escape key, disabling script and reloading page, using wallabag[1] to read the page, editing the DOM to remove the popup. [1]: https://wallabag.org/en https://wallabag.org/en and https://wallabag.it/en https://wallabag.it/en
- Coincoin 9y agoNo. I Just go away. This happens mostly on my phone anyway.