Why is website design so awful today, generally?

[Nermal]

I do run an ad blocker. The last time I looked at the settings to try to kill the popups I was unable to find a solution. I guess popup is not really the correct term, since it’s not a new window like in the old days. It’s more of an element maybe? I don’t know the correct name.

It has been a while since I’ve checked, I’ll need to have another look.

I suppose it's really a "begging blocker" that we need, rather than a traditional ad blocker. One website that I'm "forced" to use gives these begging messages on almost every page!

 

[avro707]

I have the same opinion about 'back button trapping'. I DESPISE any behavior where clicking the back button (or using the back swipe trackpad gesture) basically reloads the site I was on instead of actually going back a page (often back to Google from wherever I was at). If your site sucks so much it has to literally keep me from leaving it, it ain't worth my time!

Microsoft does this on some of their sites. So you always open links to their pages in a new tab.

The other naughty betaviour is on news sites and others that direct your back button click to their adverts “before you go, please see…” etc. i despise that.

 

[MacCheetah3]

I guess popup is not really the correct term, since it’s not a new window like in the old days. It’s more of an element maybe? I don’t know the correct name.

They’re called modals. And, yes, the greedy — as they always do — highly abuse these tools.

Modal UX design: Patterns, examples, and best practices - LogRocket Blog

To avoid hurting UX, we must maintain good modal anatomy, and the most important aspect is deciding when a modal is appropriate to use.

blog.logrocket.com

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[MacBH928]

I do run an ad blocker. The last time I looked at the settings to try to kill the popups I was unable to find a solution. I guess popup is not really the correct term, since it’s not a new window like in the old days. It’s more of an element maybe? I don’t know the correct name.

It has been a while since I’ve checked, I’ll need to have another look.

depends on which ad blocker you have. In 1blockr its the Annoyances switch:

with ublockOrigin you want to check the Annoyances lists:

note if you have trust issues and online privacy conscious, use a open source adblocker because I believe the adblocker extension CAN see all sites you visit

 

[MacBH928]

Excepting that RealPlayer. So glad we don't need video plugins nowadays.

i'll give you that, plug-ins were annoyance but at the time was magically to see a video in the website. Now its replaced with bloated "apps" , visiting a modern site feels as heavy as launching Microsoft Excel.

 

[MacBH928]

I suppose it's really a "begging blocker" that we need, rather than a traditional ad blocker. One website that I'm "forced" to use gives these begging messages on almost every page!

which ? i would like to test

 

[MacBH928]

They’re called modals. And, yes, the greedy — as they always do — highly abuse these tools.

Modal UX design: Patterns, examples, and best practices - LogRocket Blog

To avoid hurting UX, we must maintain good modal anatomy, and the most important aspect is deciding when a modal is appropriate to use.

blog.logrocket.com

W3Schools.com

W3Schools offers free online tutorials, references and exercises in all the major languages of the web. Covering popular subjects like HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Python, SQL, Java, and many, many more.

www.w3schools.com

@Just_Kevin
With uBlockOrigin you can "zap" anything you do not like out of the web page albeit AFAIK this works only on Firefox and maybe Brave.

 

[Nermal]

which ? i would like to test

I was being hypothetical.

 

[Just_Kevin]

@MacBH928 thanks for the tips and suggestions. I’ll look into the ones you mentioned. I do use Safari nearly exclusively though. But it might be worth the change.