I don't think the newsletter pop ups is a layout design problem, it's more like an idea contributed by the marketing department. Layout wise... you can totally

I don't think the newsletter pop ups is a layout design problem, it's more like an idea contributed by the marketing department. Layout wise... you can totally have a website designed like a whole casino of dump truck emptied on you. I'm not talking about Japanese websites or even pointing my figures, but it's a simple fact that you absolutely and unmistakably can have the worst of the both worlds, and everybody who visits taobao.com can experience that first hand.