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SteveWatson··on 21 Surprising Facts About Digital Advertising
Interrupted by a huge pop-up after a few seconds of reading.
SteveWatson··on Why doesn't Amazon deliver to this one street in Northern Ireland?
Why do I have to 'sign in' to view the answer? It's much easier to hit the 'back' button on my browser.
SteveWatson··on Our Foolproof Web Design Process
Look author's own https://originalfuzz.com/ to see some real howlers.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
Please don't post to Hacker News.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
Again?
SteveWatson··on Forget Technical Debt–Here's How to Build Technical wealth
A pop-up that obscures the entire page.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
troll
SteveWatson··on [dead]
This TIME Magazine article is only available to subscribers. You can get unlimited access for only $2.99/month.
SteveWatson··on John Carmack: Steps to Avoid Aliasing in VR
unclosable popup
SteveWatson··on 4 Things Every Parent of a Child with Autism Should Include in Their Will
A flurry of pop-ups.
SteveWatson··on Our nightmare on Amazon ECS
Article text is obscured by icons.
SteveWatson··on The world’s oldest computer is still revealing its secrets
"To keep reading, please enter your email address".

How about I hit the 'back' button instead.

SteveWatson··on Houyhnhnms vs. Martians: A critique of Urbit
/r/nocontext
SteveWatson··on Universal Basic Income Is the Best Tool to Fight Poverty
wow. This is posted several times a day, for the past week or so.
SteveWatson··on Provide Sharp Knives
Third time this has been posted today.
SteveWatson··on You Can Now Reserve Whole Sections of Dolores Park Grass for Yourself for $$$
Not. http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/Dolores-Park-reservati...
SteveWatson··on [dead]
Please don't post to Hacker News. Thank you.
SteveWatson··on The Science of Speaking Is the Art of Being Heard
After reading the article for about 5 seconds, a giant pop-up obscured it, so I hit the 'back' button.
SteveWatson··on Proof You Should Take More Breaks at Work
Broken link
SteveWatson··on U.S. programmer outsources own job to China, surfs cat videos
Old repost from January 2013
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WAT
SteveWatson··on Media Websites Battle Faltering Ad Revenue and Traffic
"...The transition from an Internet of websites to an Internet of mobile apps". This is the problem. When we visit a website on a mobile device, we don't want a pop up for a mobile app - we just want to visit the site. Most mobile sites are "de-optimized" and make it very difficult to navigate. Huge banners and footers take up valuable screen space, and we get pop-ups so big the close button is offscreen.
SteveWatson··on An inappropriate interview question
What are you talking about? The article does not even contain the word race. "I didnt see race brought anywhere race the question" This sentence doesn't make any sense and contains a simple spelling error.
SteveWatson··on Taming the Mammoth: Why You Should Stop Caring What Other People Think (2014)
After about six seconds, a pop-up window obscured the article, so I immediately hit the back button.
SteveWatson··on Why We Don't Negotiate on SaaS Pricing and Neither Should You
Site is impossible for mobile users.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
OK this is the sixth or seventh time this has been posted in the last few hours.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
Fifth time this has been posted.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
This keeps getting reposted. HN please filter these out.
SteveWatson··on [dead]
Please stop posting this story to Hacker News.
SteveWatson··on Valuing time over money is associated with greater happiness
Broken link
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