The bloggers, we hates them
What other explanation is there? Stephen Green grumbles:
When I want a link to open in a new window, I know the key combination to make that happen. When I want a link to open in a new tab, I know the key combination to make that happen, too. And when I want a link simply to take me to the got-dam link, I want it to do just that thing. Your tricky little HTML code to make my browser behave the way you want it to, just makes me hate your site. Mmkay?
Green singles out Politico for one scheme he finds particularly noxious: when you copy any of their text, you end up pasting a “Read more:” link. Which wouldn’t be so bad, except that the link doesn’t work, says Green, once it’s posted to the blog. I’ve encountered this device myself; it’s no particular trick to wipe it out, but I’m not usually in a hurry to get something posted either. I can appreciate a site’s wanting to make sure it gets linked, one way or another, but I’m usually pretty good about pointing to my sources. (That said, I’m also going to simplify the URL as much as possible without actually going through a shortener, which means that all manner of tracking code slapped onto the end is going to be excised before I use it.)
And while we’re at it:
[G]et over the whole hover-command thing for ads/Diggs/Tweets/menus/etc. If I don’t click it, it shouldn’t pop up — just like every single other thing on my computer has behaved for almost 20 years. And if I didn’t click it, I certainly shouldn’t have to click it to make it go away.
AddThis, we’re looking at you.
(Via Outside the Beltway.)
Brett »
17 May 2010 · 9:06 pm
“[G]et over the whole hover-command thing for ads/Diggs/Tweets/menus/etc.”
Word! from now until the heat-death of the universe.
Donna B. »
18 May 2010 · 7:04 pm
As I’ve said before, I don’t want anything to happen in my browser, on my screen… etc., unless I tell it to. And… that includes the scrolling twitter feed, as I’ve said before :-)
CGHill »
18 May 2010 · 7:53 pm
I’ve actually been looking for a simple generic replacement for that widget, and I’ve been trying one out starting, well, two minutes ago. Unfortunately, it doesn’t want to live in the sidebar the way I’d like it to.
The search continues.
CGHill »
30 May 2010 · 10:56 am
I have now killed the scrolling Twitter feed, for those of you who hated it.