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That modal is a bad design, along with the site name - I almost closed the page thinking it was a 404 not found.
by tanepiper 3y ago
That modal is a bad design, along with the site name - I almost closed the page thinking it was a 404 not found.
- wiseowise 3y agoI actually did, until I saw page link and comments on HN discussing content.
- anonzzzies 3y agoSame here.
- vk7eu 3y agoThat modal window cannot be closed without JavaScript, rendering entire page unreadable, if not the Reader View.
- TapamN 3y agoOn Firefox, go to View, Page Style, No Style to make it readable without JavaScript.
- tanepiper 3y agoI actually wrote about how bad the <dialog> tag is for the web and I'm sort of glad to be proven right, if by absolute annoyance https://tane.dev/2021/02/revisiting-dark-patterns-with-the-html-dialog-tag/ https://tane.dev/2021/02/revisiting-dark-patterns-with-the-h...
- qsantos 3y agoYou can also try the Kill Sticky add-on for Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/kill-sticky/ https://addons.mozilla.org/fr/firefox/addon/kill-sticky/. It will also get rid of the annoying banner in fixed position at the top.
- scrame 3y agoyeah but why is it on me to defeat a hostile user experience?
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