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A more recent example that received media attention was the Big Word Project. You could buy any word at $1 per letter.

> or contain pop-ups or pop-unders that interfere with site navigation.

Then..

Google on "AdSense Page-level ads"

> We don't count them as "advertisements" when evaluating your site for compliance with our valuable inventory policy. https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6245304?hl=en

Yes, these ads are not ads compared to other ads: we profit from these.

In this instance it's a great step in the right direction. On the other hand Google uses the "do as I say not as I do" model when it's convenient for them to do so.

Full page ad interstitials on mobile will get you banned from AdSense, but Google also offer their own full page ad interstitials on mobile within AdSense. So long as it's them disrupting the UX its fine.

Not advocating for ads just notice the discrepancies in policy.

The key was someone who knew him well enough to suggest a prank to begin with. That was where it became possible to delight a user with such a great outcome.

At least they would listen to the public and revert rather than continue on sidelining stolen identity en masse for ISP support.

Today it's people vs corporate lobbyist paid accounts/bots and the ability to spam conversation.

> But whenever you shine, you inspire those close to you to shine too, a little bit sooner than they otherwise would have. And those close to you, in turn, inspire those close to them.

This is adaptation to input disruption on a network of brain impulses. Fascinating that so much correlates with our own perception and technologies.

Really great interactive post both informative and engaging.

Much of the issues in the article are solvable with basic ADA compliance and structured information architecture.

Strange how a world of tech can easily forget its ability to spread to users who need it most.

This. No one seems to be putting these facts together. It's a puff piece to distract from their intentions, which unfortunately is working very well.

I am astonished that a company can lobby successfully in the name of "consumer interest" when ranked the worst in customer satisfaction (for years).

As far as branding goes, tailorbrands[1] does an excellent job at getting a professional image setup. As others have mentioned there are still large areas that could use help with business dynamics and goals.

[1] https://www.tailorbrands.com (Not affiliated, just impressed with their offering)

The satire doesn't come across very strong and makes the author look uninformed. CSS has its ups and downs but the problems faced in the article have been known and solved for years in production environments across the web. The article is basically misleading with no answer for those unaware.

Sorry if this feels harsh but reading through was fairly unpleasant.

Opera has a free VPN built in

Sanders did fwiw [1] https://www.sanders.senate.gov/newsroom/press-releases/sande...

It's especially beneficial to the UX when attention is driven towards the user task. It's easier to digest short, helpful animation than reading through a block of text.

No user wants a repeat of 90's animated gif obsession or the 00's overly dramatic Flash craze. Hopefully we don't regress because of more recent advanced animation capabilities.

The store is inevitably surrounded by 4 walls. Often more than one of those walls leads towards the front as part of the "cold chain".

If it were more profitable for the store to stock milk in the front they would - I agree. But the reasoning isn't delivery layout when they manufacture their own layout.

Either way, I thought this was an interesting take on it http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2014/07/23/334076398/episo...

Also the same community of professionals most vocal and sharing of AAPL products.

What happens when those same professionals are jumping ship to alternatives (After Effects>FCP, mbp wait-outs,etc) and those advocates no longer give that same support?

Personally, I hope that they can continue true to their pro advocates.

Thank you for this! For the couple of industry insiders they interviewed it seemed like they catered towards a 'helpful to customers' attitude despite what they implement. Could be saving face, could just be easier.

Idk being told to try making it more accessable by a consultant who's job it is to maximize profits and the grocer does "what it wants anyway" doesn't sound right on an industry scale.

The amount of consumer studies done on grocer layouts is enormous. The direction of foot traffic has been decided from rtl despite our common ltr reading format because it's more profitable to do so, the checkout line with small items marked higher than in other parts of the same store for the same reason, and so much more.

If your sentiment were true, most heavily weighted expendables would all be located in the back simply because of labor. Labor is cheap when you can increase revenue from every potential customer with basic layout adjustments.

Not sure why this is being downvoted. It perfectly summarizes in brief what the re-releases did to change the original artworks. Some things like replacing cardboard cutouts are nice, others not so much.

Wow thanks for the HN thread. From that it looks like they were called out for practices and decided to astroturf the thread with fake positive views. There are a couple of 'current toptal users/devs' on there that clearly just created their account for the thread and never posted again after.

Doesn't seem like they are a 'top 3%' themselves honestly.

Is there anything positive anyone who uses toptal can share about them vs other services? It seems others are concerned about the interview process and rate fixing

Propaganda is OK now[1]

Fake news is a reality of this ability

[1] http://www.businessinsider.com/ndaa-legalizes-propaganda-201...

Google encourages mobile full page ads through Adsense. Seriously, it's just called 'Page-level ads/Vignette ads' - "Mobile full-screen ads that appear between page loads on your site and can be easily dismissed by your users."[1]

Certainly don't want anyone else getting better ad positioning than Google, no sir. That's a penalty.

[1] https://support.google.com/adsense/answer/6245304?hl=en

> They feel he has fascist tendencies or intentions and does not respect for American traditions or law.

These illegal capabilities have been spreading regardless of party or political promises.

Hm, you may want to revisit how you preview the results. The 'cards layout' isn't well suited for scanning/comparing multiple options from an ordered list[1]. It removes a clear hierarchy which is the primary directive that a search engine provides (ranking queried content in a list).

I get that it's trying to be different, but it's going against what the users are trying to accomplish. Would be interesting running tests on this for certain query types getting certain layouts, etc. Anyway, good luck!

[1] https://www.nngroup.com/articles/cards-component/

Looks like a modified version of this: http://preview.codecanyon.net/item/html-builder-frontend-ver...

If only there were an app for consumers to securely scan their own network for unspoken traffic in these connected devices.

The amount of consumer IoT currently connected with default and often outdated device settings is beyond belief.

This was the final nail in the coffin for any reasonable interface. This creates an environment where the user can never know what options are fully available without hitting the option key. So when in doubt, on every single panel, perform an extra action to find something that could be available to you. Nonsense.