| This is one of the most annoyingly designed sites I've ever seen. The float-to-the right-to-see-the-background effect, reminds of the awfulness of MySpace when DHTML was a thing. Only it's worse. Also, the article loses a lot of credibility when it responds to anyone calling the ad-infested web horrible, with this: """ No, it really wasn’t – it was perfectly fine, you’re just being a snob. The Web works well for me with the ads displayed. """ Yes, it's perfectly fine... If you want to punch-the-monkey, a dozen popups beneath your window, moving images that can cause photo-epilepsy all over the place and of course the latest trend:
"Oh, you scrolled a couple of times? Let me show you a huge overlay ad with a very dark backdrop(that isn't always click-to-dismiss) and a very obscure close button." Truth is that people are naturally becoming more resistant to ads, which leads to making them more intrusive. And this in turn leads anyone that can, to seek ways to get rid of them. This may continue for a few years, but I think that publishers should begin preparing for alternate sources of income, instead of hoping to go back in time. Disclaimer: I've used ads, made even some(little) money of them. And I use AdBlock because the web is truly awful without it. |