Journal fyngyrz's Journal: Mouseovers - as bad as popups? 8
Is anyone else as annoyed as I am by words and phrases in web articles that pop up boxes because my mouse pointer happened to cross them, temporarily hiding the content I was reading in the first place? I didn't click on anything, and consequently, I don't want a context change. I find these annoying to the point of noting what the site is and not going back. Anyone else feel the same? Anyone have a defense of the practice?
I went to this article today to read it in response to a slashdot posting, and managed to accidentally activate the wireless mouseover / popup as I was reading. Bam. Content hidden, thought stream interrupted. Isn't this essentially popups, revisited?
Mozilla does have a way to deal with them (Score:2)
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If it doesn't then adblock comes into play.
Doctor, doctor, it hurts when I do this! (Score:2)
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Yes, good call, that's what bites me on ebay, I use the roller to scroll and then the mouse isn't over what it used to be over, and blam, I have a popup.
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Well, its like this. When I'm reading, I'm not really paying attention to my mouse. I jiggle it, I move it, sometimes I push it up into the menu area (I'm usually on a Mac) and it just crosses the text I'm reading. I'm thinking about what I'm reading, not my mouse. I readily admit that I am not a sophisticated enough being to split my attention so as to steer around text on a page. I'm just a failure that way. But - it didn't used to be a problem. Now it is. Regularly. And I'm tired of it.
Um. Actually,
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