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Unreadable. As soon as I click on the (X) button, the article closes and the browser goes back to the root page of https://techcrunch.com/ https://techcrunch.co

Unreadable. As soon as I click on the (X) button, the article closes and the browser goes back to the root page of https://techcrunch.com/ https://techcrunch.com/. There's no way to avoid clicking on it, as it follows you around and grabs your attention, not letting you read.

mastazi 7y ago
Not to mention that Techcrunch is far from being the best source in relation to hardware...
founderling 7y ago
Even when you fight that annoyance with a content blocker, the page itself is aggressive to no end. I scrolled down to see how long the article is. That somehow also triggered a redirect to the root. How is it possible that the most user hostile news sites often get the most visibility? Even here on HN which is so user friendly. What are the mechanics behind this? The url should be changed to a more user friendly news source. How about one of these? https://liliputing.com/2019/05/arm-launches-cortex-a77-cpu-mali-g77-gpu-and-arm-ml-npu.html https://liliputing.com/2019/05/arm-launches-cortex-a77-cpu-m... https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/130757-arm-releases-cortex-a77-cpu-next-gen-mobile-devices/ https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/130757-arm-releases-cortex-a... https://www.xda-developers.com/arm-cortex-a77-cpu-announcement/ https://www.xda-developers.com/arm-cortex-a77-cpu-announceme... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/27/arm_cortex_a77/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/27/arm_cortex_a77/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/26/arm-reveals-new-cpu-gpu-and-machine-learning-processor-for-5g-world/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/26/arm-reveals-new-cpu-gpu-a...
- solarkraft 7y ago
  Thanks! It'd be cool if HN had an alternative article feature.
  - richeyryan 7y ago
    If you click the "web" link at the top of the page, it brings you to a search for the post title. You should be able to find a number of alternate sources there
- knolan 7y ago
  Also worth mentioning AnandTech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announced-five-cpus-12-cores-for-499-up-to-46-ghz-pcie-40-coming-77 https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announce...
  - mactrey 7y ago
    I think you mean: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14384/arm-announces-cortexa77-cpu-ip https://www.anandtech.com/show/14384/arm-announces-cortexa77... https://www.anandtech.com/show/14385/arm-announces-malig77-gpu https://www.anandtech.com/show/14385/arm-announces-malig77-g...
    - knolan 7y ago
      Yes, thank you.
  - glangdale 7y ago
    The AnandTech coverage is orders of magnitude better, and way less user-hostile, than the techcrunch coverage.
- looeee 7y ago
  > Even here on HN which is so user friendly. Except on mobile. The UI elements are tiny, try closing ten comments without clicking the timestamp by mistake at least once.
  - chronial 7y ago
    I can recommend https://hackerweb.app/ https://hackerweb.app/ on mobile.
  - wongarsu 7y ago
    And to vote on mobile I have to zoom in because the buttons are way to close to each other and give no feedback which of the two was pressed (and no way to find out after the fact).
    - kgermino 7y ago
      One tip, when you up vote or down vote a link is added to the comments header. It will either be “unvote” or “undown” depending on whether you up or downvoted the comment.
narnianal 7y ago
And when you open the page every time it wants to go through all the cookie and partner options instead of just saying "yup, we remember you deactivated everything. [change settings] [continue reading]"
- SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
  But by what mechanism would it remember that you deactivated cookies?
  - PeterisP 7y ago
    You don't deactivate all cookies as such, you deactivate personalised tracking cookies. So the site shouldn't place a cookie 'session_id=12345678', but a cookie 'techcrunch_tracking_enabled=False' that's not linked to any particular user would be just fine.
  - narnianal 7y ago
    by keeping a "necessary" cookie for instance. And you don't think they really stop tracking you just because you said you didn't like it, right? What would you even do against it? Sue each and every website owner on the planet somewhere in the EU where they might not even care?
progval 7y ago
It works fine if you disable Javascript
- ljcn 7y ago
  3rd party javascript turned off here - page loads quickly, is ad-free, readable, and includes the figures.
iamzozo 7y ago
Also checked the titlebar in chrome, is it zoomed..?
_Understated_ 7y ago
Techcrunch is terrible for reading articles now unless you disable JavaScript... works perfectly without JS
moonbas3 7y ago
Try the Reader Mode in your browser. Don't know if Chrome has it, but it's there in Safari and Firefox.
mcv 7y ago
The circle with the X is weird design, because it looks like a button that's supposed to close something, but as long as you don't click it, the article is perfectly readable. You just need to resist your reflexes to click any X in sight.
esotericn 7y ago
I can't get past the Oath GDPR popup. None of the buttons work and go in to this strange endless loop.

mastazi 7y ago

Not to mention that Techcrunch is far from being the best source in relation to hardware...

founderling 7y ago

Even when you fight that annoyance with a content blocker, the page itself is aggressive to no end. I scrolled down to see how long the article is. That somehow also triggered a redirect to the root. How is it possible that the most user hostile news sites often get the most visibility? Even here on HN which is so user friendly. What are the mechanics behind this? The url should be changed to a more user friendly news source. How about one of these? https://liliputing.com/2019/05/arm-launches-cortex-a77-cpu-mali-g77-gpu-and-arm-ml-npu.html https://liliputing.com/2019/05/arm-launches-cortex-a77-cpu-m... https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/130757-arm-releases-cortex-a77-cpu-next-gen-mobile-devices/ https://hexus.net/tech/news/cpu/130757-arm-releases-cortex-a... https://www.xda-developers.com/arm-cortex-a77-cpu-announcement/ https://www.xda-developers.com/arm-cortex-a77-cpu-announceme... https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/27/arm_cortex_a77/ https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/27/arm_cortex_a77/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/26/arm-reveals-new-cpu-gpu-and-machine-learning-processor-for-5g-world/ https://venturebeat.com/2019/05/26/arm-reveals-new-cpu-gpu-a...

solarkraft 7y ago
Thanks! It'd be cool if HN had an alternative article feature.
- richeyryan 7y ago
  If you click the "web" link at the top of the page, it brings you to a search for the post title. You should be able to find a number of alternate sources there
knolan 7y ago
Also worth mentioning AnandTech: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announced-five-cpus-12-cores-for-499-up-to-46-ghz-pcie-40-coming-77 https://www.anandtech.com/show/14407/amd-ryzen-3000-announce...
- mactrey 7y ago
  I think you mean: https://www.anandtech.com/show/14384/arm-announces-cortexa77-cpu-ip https://www.anandtech.com/show/14384/arm-announces-cortexa77... https://www.anandtech.com/show/14385/arm-announces-malig77-gpu https://www.anandtech.com/show/14385/arm-announces-malig77-g...
  - knolan 7y ago
    Yes, thank you.
- glangdale 7y ago
  The AnandTech coverage is orders of magnitude better, and way less user-hostile, than the techcrunch coverage.
looeee 7y ago
> Even here on HN which is so user friendly. Except on mobile. The UI elements are tiny, try closing ten comments without clicking the timestamp by mistake at least once.
- chronial 7y ago
  I can recommend https://hackerweb.app/ https://hackerweb.app/ on mobile.
- wongarsu 7y ago
  And to vote on mobile I have to zoom in because the buttons are way to close to each other and give no feedback which of the two was pressed (and no way to find out after the fact).
  - kgermino 7y ago
    One tip, when you up vote or down vote a link is added to the comments header. It will either be “unvote” or “undown” depending on whether you up or downvoted the comment.

narnianal 7y ago

And when you open the page every time it wants to go through all the cookie and partner options instead of just saying "yup, we remember you deactivated everything. [change settings] [continue reading]"

SmellyGeekBoy 7y ago
But by what mechanism would it remember that you deactivated cookies?
- PeterisP 7y ago
  You don't deactivate all cookies as such, you deactivate personalised tracking cookies. So the site shouldn't place a cookie 'session_id=12345678', but a cookie 'techcrunch_tracking_enabled=False' that's not linked to any particular user would be just fine.
- narnianal 7y ago
  by keeping a "necessary" cookie for instance. And you don't think they really stop tracking you just because you said you didn't like it, right? What would you even do against it? Sue each and every website owner on the planet somewhere in the EU where they might not even care?

progval 7y ago

It works fine if you disable Javascript

ljcn 7y ago
3rd party javascript turned off here - page loads quickly, is ad-free, readable, and includes the figures.

iamzozo 7y ago

Also checked the titlebar in chrome, is it zoomed..?

_Understated_ 7y ago

Techcrunch is terrible for reading articles now unless you disable JavaScript... works perfectly without JS

moonbas3 7y ago

Try the Reader Mode in your browser. Don't know if Chrome has it, but it's there in Safari and Firefox.

mcv 7y ago

The circle with the X is weird design, because it looks like a button that's supposed to close something, but as long as you don't click it, the article is perfectly readable. You just need to resist your reflexes to click any X in sight.

esotericn 7y ago

I can't get past the Oath GDPR popup. None of the buttons work and go in to this strange endless loop.