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The only ones I really despise are the ones that pop open as soon as you open the page - I haven't even read the damned page title yet, so no, I would not like

The only ones I really despise are the ones that pop open as soon as you open the page - I haven't even read the damned page title yet, so no, I would not like to ask any questions or tell you anything about my requirements! Just.. go away! Actually, the ones I really despise with a burning passion are the ones like above, but which follow you around the whole site like some kind of demented Clippy 2.0 - you close the popup and navigate to another page and... BAM! It's back, again!

vertis 6y ago
Yep, It's not just Clippy, it's anything that I would want to dismiss and then it doesn't persist. https://coworker.com https://coworker.com has this annoying banner at the moment advertising their global pass. Nice X to close. I refresh page and it's back. If I clear my cookies or my adblock causes a javascript error, then fair enough. Otherwise, persist my decisions please.
- dheera 6y ago
  For that website, get a Chrome plugin called User Javascript and CSS and set it up to inject: #hello_banner { display:none !important; } .grecaptcha-badge { display: none !important; } I know it's a lot of work to inspect the DOM and do this for every site but I just hate banners and popups that much, and very often multiple websites reuse the same banner code so my efforts start paying off after dealing with a few dozen.
dirktheman 6y ago
Those are the worst... it's like entering a store, only to have your way virtually blocked by a pushy salesman.
- amelius 6y ago
  Except the salesman turns out to be a bot with the IQ of a three year old.
  - 3np 6y ago
    Kind of like this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083mv25 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083mv25
    - amelius 6y ago
      Good one :) For a next version of this sketch they could borrow some inspiration here: https://darkpatterns.org/ https://darkpatterns.org/
coldpie 6y ago
NoScript goes a long way to making the web usable again. Most of these crappy applets are embedded from 3rd party domains, so you can whitelist the primary domain and still block this junk. It's a bit of a pain, yes, but I can't imagine browsing without it.
- cyberbanjo 6y ago
  UMatrix works good for this flow too
  - Forbo 6y ago
    I really hope someone in the community is able to keep the project active, it's my favorite extension by far.

vertis 6y ago

Yep, It's not just Clippy, it's anything that I would want to dismiss and then it doesn't persist. https://coworker.com https://coworker.com has this annoying banner at the moment advertising their global pass. Nice X to close. I refresh page and it's back. If I clear my cookies or my adblock causes a javascript error, then fair enough. Otherwise, persist my decisions please.

dheera 6y ago
For that website, get a Chrome plugin called User Javascript and CSS and set it up to inject: #hello_banner { display:none !important; } .grecaptcha-badge { display: none !important; } I know it's a lot of work to inspect the DOM and do this for every site but I just hate banners and popups that much, and very often multiple websites reuse the same banner code so my efforts start paying off after dealing with a few dozen.

dirktheman 6y ago

Those are the worst... it's like entering a store, only to have your way virtually blocked by a pushy salesman.

amelius 6y ago
Except the salesman turns out to be a bot with the IQ of a three year old.
- 3np 6y ago
  Kind of like this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083mv25 https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p083mv25
  - amelius 6y ago
    Good one :) For a next version of this sketch they could borrow some inspiration here: https://darkpatterns.org/ https://darkpatterns.org/

coldpie 6y ago

NoScript goes a long way to making the web usable again. Most of these crappy applets are embedded from 3rd party domains, so you can whitelist the primary domain and still block this junk. It's a bit of a pain, yes, but I can't imagine browsing without it.

cyberbanjo 6y ago
UMatrix works good for this flow too
- Forbo 6y ago
  I really hope someone in the community is able to keep the project active, it's my favorite extension by far.