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> Users demanded interactivity (Citation needed.) Developers love interactivity. Users despise it but put up with it because there's not much choice. Does an

• onion2k 7y ago
  (Citation needed.) They didn't demand it per se because no one actually asked. I'm inferring from the fact that users spent much more time on the interactive websites which resulted in more revenue for those sites and everyone else copying. There might have been a reason other than the interactivity itself, but we are where we are now because of user behaviour.
  • asdff 7y ago
    How efficient was that increased time spent? Does the user actually read more text or are they spending more time just fighting with the site layout? I guess the answer doesn't matter if there is an ad on the page.
    • oblio 7y ago
      > How efficient was that increased time spent? How efficient? The most popular sites on the internet are about _fun_, not _efficiency_ ;-)
  • bandrami 7y ago
    OMG, that is perverse. Users spend more time on the sites because the sites are slower to load and more difficult to use.
• crysin 7y ago
  Yes. I do. Not that my opinion matters much. I was born in 91, I grew up as the internet grew up. Before I understood HTML or anything about programming, I used the web to watch videos on Lego.com or play really bad flash games on Newgrounds. My experience with the web has always been visual and interactive. Only time I used the WWW for purely document purposes was when doing homework.