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Please, do this!

May 25th, 2006

If you find yourself browsing and you find one website that opens in a pop up, and also resizes the window to get fullscreen, so it's on top of everything else you had, close the window! don't let it load or anything. Just close it and go away.

If you want to compare to something, is like buying sweets to your kid because he is crying for some sweets. If you buy him sweets, everytime he wants sweets he will cry again, and this is bad, isn't it? So, don't let the website developers use childish tricks like that to gain your attention, let them know that it's annoying just closing the window.

If we all do this the world will become better! :D

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that's exactly what i do. Also I do close the windows when i see a "Loading..." or "Loading interface..." for more than 5 seconds.
My time is precious!
May 25th, 2006
sole
Long live to adsense
May 25th, 2006
herotyc
Amen!
May 25th, 2006
Jonathan Clarke
ok, but any trick to avoid this.
Pop up blokers, email webmasters, a bit of server overload....
my tiem is precious too, but i like spending it having fun ;P
May 26th, 2006
Carles
just close it, if everyone closes it, myself, as a webdesigner/developer can say without any problem that the people hates websites in popups&fullscreen...
May 26th, 2006
mr.doob
(to the client, I mean)
May 26th, 2006
mr.doob
i do
May 27th, 2006
Carles
Es que la gente los odia... los clientes no... pq quieren que su producto se vea BIEEEEEENNN GRANDE ... (y horroroso, of coz!)
May 29th, 2006
humphr3y
claro, por eso digo que si la gente los cierra, a los clientes les podemos decir que, si, llaman la atencion del 50% de la gente, pero otro 50% cierran la web sin pensar.
May 29th, 2006
mr.doob
Webs / Print / Logos... everything I do will be listed here.



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