When Sites and Apps Annoy Me
I really find those ads / promos / social network begs that obscure a site’s content to be incredibly annoying. And it turns out I’m not alone; there’s a website that outs the major culprits.
Obscuring a site’s contents is just about as annoying as an app that insists its users to rate it upon launch. And, yes, there’s a website that outs the apps that are guilty of doing that.
Here’s a thought: Instead of begging for a review, app developers should make great quality apps. If the app is really stellar, reviews will be written. Don’t force your users to rate your app, especially when he or she launches your app with the intent of using it to get work done. It’s a distraction that only fuels my need to respond by leaving one star reviews.
-Krishna
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Jake Eskel
December 9, 2013 at 10:05 amRelated add on for Chrome and Firefox: Stylish.
Basically? Rewrite the CSS for any page you visit, blocking out the stuff you don’t like. For example, this is one I wrote for What-If.XKCD
http://userstyles.org/styles/91547/what-if-xkcd-dark-and-simple
For movie watching sites, I often find myself added ids to a list of elements to block. Best bit is that changes get saved!
shokk
December 18, 2013 at 4:14 pmI like using Ghostery on Safari to block all that stuff.