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Endlessly playing video which follows the main body of text you're trying to read, just to the right of the article. Distracting and with no relation to the con
by bdefore 9y ago
Endlessly playing video which follows the main body of text you're trying to read, just to the right of the article. Distracting and with no relation to the content. If you hover over it to show an interface you can hit pause, but then the video restarts as soon as you scroll. It appears to only show once - after a reload the video is not shown - which makes me think it only affects first time visitors. But what a terrible impression to make alongside what is a thoughtfully researched piece.
- simonebrunozzi 9y agoLoad the page, print to PDF, and read it locally. I know it's not ideal, but that's IMHO the best way to avoid the issue.
- paulddraper 9y agoFix video, audio, and battery with this 1 weird trick!
- solidsnack9000 9y agoFirefox Focus might be the browser for you.
- vinceguidry 9y agoCan I install it on Linux?
- tomrod 9y agoBrave has done well on Mobile.
- spraak 9y agoCame here to say the same! Very distracting to read.
- shrumm 9y agoGoing mobile could be another option - Just read it on my phone and didn't notice any annoying videos / ads. You can also go on reader mode if you're on Safari.
- julianj 9y agoFor what it's worth I had the exact opposite experience. I closed the page without reading the article following a full screen video advert.
- master_unlock 9y agoYeah, it's very annoying. To deal with stuff like this, I right click near the video area, go to Inspect, then just delete the portion of HTML that contains the unwanted element. Really helps with pesky foreground pop up stuff.
- intrasight 9y agoI don't see that. You must not exercise very good control of your browser ;)
- sohkamyung 9y agoIn Firefox, I could use its Reader View to remove most of the distracting elements. Would that work for you?
- JBlue42 9y agoTwo unrelated comments: a) Fast Company's website has design has gotten worse over the years b) Reader View is the bomb and I use it all the time now. Thanks Mozilla!
- jrnichols 9y agoSafari displayed the video, but blocked it from automatically playing. And I agree, it's a terrible impression. I don't know who keeps thinking user hostile stuff like this is acceptable.
- adrianratnapala 9y agoYou probably need to take a step back and ask what metrics are being optimised and why. Someone has decided to optimise directly on present ad dollars, rather than user satisfaction which might correlate to future ad dollars. This might be a rational decision. Or it might be a short-termist error, or a case of optimising what is easiest to measure rather than what matters.