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There's one thing I want to scream at every front-end developer out there: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SELECTING TEXT! Again: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SEL

by li4ick 6y ago

There's one thing I want to scream at every front-end developer out there: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SELECTING TEXT! Again: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SELECTING TEXT!

vmception 6y ago
but the a/b test says you keep doing it and stay on the site longer so you must love it
- tomjen3 6y ago
  The more I see things like this, the more I think the original sin of this century was analytics, rather than ads.
  - dredmorbius 6y ago
    Ads drive analytics / analytics feed ads.
    - tomjen3 6y ago
      But ads have been a thing since the Egyptians started to write sales documents on Papyrus, but it is only in the last 20 years or so analytics have changed the game: I suspect that I might have been slightly of in the previous comment, maybe it is only when analytics can note the effect of individual customers actions that they matter.
      - dredmorbius 6y ago
        The major development of advertising is notably more recent: https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/n... AdTech creates measurement problems not experienced in mass advertising, newer yet: https://idlewords.com/2015/11/the_advertising_bubble.htm https://idlewords.com/2015/11/the_advertising_bubble.htm
0xy 6y ago
Redirect your screams at the marketing department. There's no front-end developer in existence who wakes up in the morning and wants to do this.
Kiro 6y ago
No, you should stop with your compulsive behavior of selecting text for no reason at all. Fix the cause, not the symptom.
- saagarjha 6y ago
  How about you make your website work like it should and I can fix that on my own time?
- pferde 6y ago
  Ah, the good ol' "you're holding it wrong" excuse. That doesn't work.
saagarjha 6y ago
Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1271/ https://xkcd.com/1271/ Another related pet peeve is when websites use JavaScript to silently stick a citation at the end of the thing you copied.
midasz 6y ago
Yeah this is honestly the biggest reason for me not to use medium. I genuinely cannot help selecting text and clicking the paragraphs (highlighting them) while reading. God knows how many mice have died in my care. I think it might have to do with ADHD or something, but I've never been tested.

by li4ick 6y ago

There's one thing I want to scream at every front-end developer out there: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SELECTING TEXT! Again: STOP OPENING POPUPS WHEN I'M SELECTING TEXT!

vmception 6y ago

but the a/b test says you keep doing it and stay on the site longer so you must love it

tomjen3 6y ago
The more I see things like this, the more I think the original sin of this century was analytics, rather than ads.
- dredmorbius 6y ago
  Ads drive analytics / analytics feed ads.
  - tomjen3 6y ago
    But ads have been a thing since the Egyptians started to write sales documents on Papyrus, but it is only in the last 20 years or so analytics have changed the game: I suspect that I might have been slightly of in the previous comment, maybe it is only when analytics can note the effect of individual customers actions that they matter.
    - dredmorbius 6y ago
      The major development of advertising is notably more recent: https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/n7/mode/2up https://archive.org/stream/commercialismjou00holtuoft#page/n... AdTech creates measurement problems not experienced in mass advertising, newer yet: https://idlewords.com/2015/11/the_advertising_bubble.htm https://idlewords.com/2015/11/the_advertising_bubble.htm

0xy 6y ago

Redirect your screams at the marketing department. There's no front-end developer in existence who wakes up in the morning and wants to do this.

Kiro 6y ago

No, you should stop with your compulsive behavior of selecting text for no reason at all. Fix the cause, not the symptom.

saagarjha 6y ago
How about you make your website work like it should and I can fix that on my own time?
pferde 6y ago
Ah, the good ol' "you're holding it wrong" excuse. That doesn't work.

saagarjha 6y ago

Relevant: https://xkcd.com/1271/ https://xkcd.com/1271/ Another related pet peeve is when websites use JavaScript to silently stick a citation at the end of the thing you copied.

midasz 6y ago

Yeah this is honestly the biggest reason for me not to use medium. I genuinely cannot help selecting text and clicking the paragraphs (highlighting them) while reading. God knows how many mice have died in my care. I think it might have to do with ADHD or something, but I've never been tested.