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They are absolutely inexcusable. Website developers should make simpler design rather than make everyone search for close button and consider every user an idio
by codedokode 9y ago
They are absolutely inexcusable. Website developers should make simpler design rather than make everyone search for close button and consider every user an idiot.
Also it can make user feel uncomfortable, as if there is someone behind their back standing and looking what they are doing with the site.
This popup is also deceiving users. For example on the screenshot [1] we can see a human user thinking that a real person wrote a greeting to him and wasting time of his life replying to a bot.
[1] https://i.imgur.com/yEtgHbr.png?1 https://i.imgur.com/yEtgHbr.png?1
- nitrogen 9y agoAlso it can make user feel uncomfortable, as if there is someone behind their back standing and looking what they are doing with the site. You should check out Inspectlet.
- codedokode 9y agoIn this case they not only look, but also bother you with unneeded greetings. Like an annoying staff in a shop asking whether you need help.
- salvar 9y ago> Like an annoying staff in a shop asking whether you need help. Would you call that a dark sales pattern?
- TeMPOraL 9y agoOf course. They're not really asking if you need help, they're trying to interrupt your thinking and pressure you into making a buy decision on the spot.
- salvar 9y agoFair enough. Should sales staff never ask anyone if they need assistance?
- dazc 9y agoI worked in a shop shortly after leaving school. Asking someone if they need assistance is almost certain to lead to one single action - the potential customer walking out of the shop at the next available opportunity.
- jeffhuys 9y agoOr hotjar.