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Pop-ups work well, most people aren't technical and find no problem with them.
by cercatrova 7y ago
Pop-ups work well, most people aren't technical and find no problem with them.
- Nextgrid 7y agoWhat do you mean by "work well"? Work well for who? Just because a shitty, user-hostile web has been accepted by non-technical users (because they don't know any better) doesn't mean we should condone or encourage the behaviour. The same applies to spammers, telemarketers, etc. We've more or less "accepted" them as an ever-present nuisance, but it doesn't mean we should legitimise nor approve that scummy behaviour.
- cercatrova 7y agoThey work well for the creator of the site. If the prime metric is, are people wanting what I'm providing and it's easy for them to do so, then pop-ups work very well. If the metric is, is my site pristine enough for other engineers, then no they don't work well, as seen by the responses here. The choice is in what to optimize for. If it works, it works, regardless of whatever scumminess you may perceive.
- ricardobeat 7y agoEvent if that was true, what are the odds non-technical people are looking for a browser extension to track their remote work hours?
- kemonocode 7y agoPop-ups are highly disruptive and whenever I work on something that involves a modal window, let alone a pop-up, I ask myself if it's truly needed. I'd argue they're all the more disruptive for non-technical people-- especially if they aren't savvy to dark patterns and may not know how to dismiss particularly pernicious pop-ups (A tiny X in a subdued color located in one corner may be extremely easy to miss at first glance)