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A pop-up blocker only disables the creation of new top-level browser windows
that were not initiated by a user action. Those "WAIT DON'T LEAVE" boxes
are actually JavaScript confirmation dialogs. They're useful for applications
in which you might lose your place or lose unsaved data if you exit the page,
but the bottom feeders use them as a last-ditch effort to complete a conversion,
and it gives the impression of a desperate salesman standing in the doorway
trying to keep someone from leaving.
The new technique that I find particularly obnoxious is when a site detects your mouse pointer leaving the viewport and pops up a CSS overlay begging you to subscribe or buy something or take some action other than leaving the site.
The new technique that I find particularly obnoxious is when a site detects your mouse pointer leaving the viewport and pops up a CSS overlay begging you to subscribe or buy something or take some action other than leaving the site.
Tue Nov 29 2016 09:55:37 AM EST from IGnatius T FoobarThe new technique that I find particularly obnoxious is when a site detects your mouse pointer leaving the viewport and pops up a CSS overlay begging you to subscribe or buy something or take some action other than leaving the site.
Yes this is annoying but like everything else once the public gets used to it, they will ignore it.
Does your robots file allow crawling of the pkg-citadel room? It is full of links to spammy shit, should probably not influence any ranking on any search engine.
Ah, good call. I haven't noticed the spam because I have that room set to
mark all messages as seen all the time.
But ... since it's a private room, it isn't visible to crawlers. So I think we're ok?
But ... since it's a private room, it isn't visible to crawlers. So I think we're ok?
Sounds plausible. I only stumble into that room accidentally at times. It is fishy in there.
There was a relevant mail about removal from debian testing due to some build failing. About 3 days ago or so.
Regrettably, I don't have the time to maintain packages, so if it gets removed,
it gets removed. I will be disappointed but there's not much I can do about
it.
But we WILL blame Facebook.
But we WILL blame Facebook.
And today I got spam from some dude who wants me to invest in his transparent
aluminum company.
(Great ... it would be just perfect for the humpback whale tank I want to build in my garage.)
(Great ... it would be just perfect for the humpback whale tank I want to build in my garage.)
Facebook as a business portal imposes strict limits on what one may do with their web presence.
Which sorta suggests they aren't really doing anything anyway. At least, not anything web-specific.
But it's "social" ! (Whatever they think that means)
From a practical point of view, they probably think "well everyone's on Facebook anyway" and while it's a good idea to meet people where they are, it probably benefits Facebook more than it benefits the company establishing a presence there.
Or perhaps many of them are thinking "all the other consumer brands are doing this so we should too." AOL Keywords.
From a practical point of view, they probably think "well everyone's on Facebook anyway" and while it's a good idea to meet people where they are, it probably benefits Facebook more than it benefits the company establishing a presence there.
Or perhaps many of them are thinking "all the other consumer brands are doing this so we should too." AOL Keywords.
BEST BAD NEWS *EVER*
"We're not able to play this video if an ad blocker is enabled."
(Seen on CNBC)
That's fine with me! I clicked on the story to *read* it, not to have your auto-playing video raping my speakers. I've said it before: unless your name is YouTube, I do *not* want a video to automatically start playing. If you think your unwanted video is a value add that I can't have unless I turn off my ad blocker ... GOOD!
That is good news, now if they would only stop the video from scrolling the page as you scroll down they would be on to something.
So let's talk about the second-worst problem on the internet: SPAM. I'm finding
it more and more difficult to filter spam. Are the days of being able to
run email without paying a commercial spam filtering service coming to an
end? SpamAssassin plus a bunch of RBL's and DNSBL's used to be very effective,
but lately the volume of spam that slips through is getting unbearable.
What's everyone else doing these days? (No, I will not switch to gmail, so don't suggest that. If you suggest it I will kill myself and my blood will be on your hands.)
What's everyone else doing these days? (No, I will not switch to gmail, so don't suggest that. If you suggest it I will kill myself and my blood will be on your hands.)