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No, people hate pop ups because they steal focus and draw attention away from the content they’re interested in. Whether it’s a pop up or a popover, a prompt as
by maccard 2y ago
No, people hate pop ups because they steal focus and draw attention away from the content they’re interested in. Whether it’s a pop up or a popover, a prompt asking me to sign up to your newsletter is not something I want.
- Zak 2y agoBoth things are true. Popups are more disruptive because they remain even after the page that spawned them is closed and often obscure their origin.
- coldpie 2y agoIf you haven't already, go enable the Annoyances and Cookie banner filter lists in your uBlock Origin installation. It doesn't get all of them, of course, but it does get a lot. For the remainder, the Kill Sticky bookmark is pretty good about knocking them out: https://www.smokingonabike.com/2024/01/20/take-back-your-web-browser-screen-space-with-kill-sticky/ https://www.smokingonabike.com/2024/01/20/take-back-your-web...