Do you have a web page pet peeve?

[Reverend Conehead]

Here's mine: Web sites that automatically start playing some @#$% video without first getting you to choose it. If I'm surfing the web at night, I have to be careful to turn my speakers way down or to use headphones because some genius webmaster thinks I'll certainly want to watch his brilliant video. If I don't, I might accidentally wake up other household members. I generally prefer to read on the web, and maybe I'll watch a video if I feel like it. Videos take up a lot of bandwidth. It should be my choice whether or not to watch them.

Okay, your web page pet peeves ... let's hear'em.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

They did it again! Some dumb video unrelated to the article played trying to sell me some mileage app. I shut down the page immediately without reading anything.

 

[Risen Star]

I would agree with that.

Especially when I went through my Asian fix a little while back.

 

[TheDude]

Here's mine: Web sites that automatically start playing some @#$% video without first getting you to choose it. If I'm surfing the web at night, I have to be careful to turn my speakers way down or to use headphones because some genius webmaster thinks I'll certainly want to watch his brilliant video. If I don't, I might accidentally wake up other household members. I generally prefer to read on the web, and maybe I'll watch a video if I feel like it. Videos take up a lot of bandwidth. It should be my choice whether or not to watch them.

Okay, your web page pet peeves ... let's hear'em.

Happens with porn sites alot...so Ive been told

 

[TheDude]

I would agree with that.

Especially when I went through my Asian fix a little while back.

damn beat me to it

 

[TX Cowboy]

The miss use of the word Troll, especially when it's clear the only reason they use it is
to block out the truth so others are continually miss informed

 

[YosemiteSam]

Here's mine: Web sites that automatically start playing some @#$% video without first getting you to choose it. If I'm surfing the web at night, I have to be careful to turn my speakers way down or to use headphones because some genius webmaster thinks I'll certainly want to watch his brilliant video. If I don't, I might accidentally wake up other household members. I generally prefer to read on the web, and maybe I'll watch a video if I feel like it. Videos take up a lot of bandwidth. It should be my choice whether or not to watch them.

Okay, your web page pet peeves ... let's hear'em.

This should help you.

You can also go into your browser settings and tell it not to play any plugin without your expressed consent. (the link above is for html5 videos which isn't quite like a Flash plugin)

 

[DallasEast]

Banners: Banners which expand, cover part or the entire screen, go through some sort of mini-sequence, and mercifully collapse back to the spot on the screen where it should have stayed all along. Sometimes the banners expand when the cursor crosses over them. Sometimes they expand as soon as you open the web page. The worst of the worst are the banners that expand, remain enlarged, and force you to close them manually.

Content Drunk Webpages: Sites with pages racked with embedded videos, all trying to download at the same time, playing in sequence whenever the heck they do completely download, and suspend other actions you're attempting--like simply scrolling or clicking the X button to close the idiotic webpage.

Deceptive Sponsor Ads: Advertisements offering an interesting or tantalizing photo along with a cleverly worded caption. Well, you click on the link thinking you'll see the same picture and more like them coinciding with the caption but get other crap instead--sometimes not even remotely similar to what drew your interest in the first place.

Re-occurring Ads: Advertisements that periodically appear within a series of some type, like a slideshow. Click through two slides. Ad. See the next three slides. Ad. See the following slide and click the next button. What appears immediately afterwards? You guessed it. Yet another ad.

 

[Reverend Conehead]

I would agree with that.

Especially when I went through my Asian fix a little while back.

LOL. Yep, could be embarrassing.

Banners: Banners which expand, cover part or the entire screen, go through some sort of mini-sequence, and mercifully collapse back to the spot on the screen where it should have stayed all along. Sometimes the banners expand when the cursor crosses over them. Sometimes they expand as soon as you open the web page. The worst of the worst are the banners that expand, remain enlarged, and force you to close them manually.

Content Drunk Webpages: Sites with pages racked with embedded videos, all trying to download at the same time, playing in sequence whenever the heck they do completely download, and suspend other actions you're attempting--like simply scrolling or clicking the X button to close the idiotic webpage.

Deceptive Sponsor Ads: Advertisements offering an interesting or tantalizing photo along with a cleverly worded caption. Well, you click on the link thinking you'll see the same picture and more like them coinciding with the caption but get other crap instead--sometimes not even remotely similar to what drew your interest in the first place.

Re-occurring Ads: Advertisements that periodically appear within a series of some type, like a slideshow. Click through two slides. Ad. See the next three slides. Ad. See the following slide and click the next button. What appears immediately afterwards? You guessed it. Yet another ad.

You about covered it. I've experienced every bit of this crap. I especially hate the banners that flash bright colors to draw attention. They draw it all right in the form of irritation and a firm resolution to never, ever buy whatever it is they're selling.

 

[Omegasupreme]

How is this discussing the Cowboys in peace?

 

[Idgit]

How do those girls not know he's not a real agent? That just seems mean to me.

 

[Dallas_Cowboys50]

Websites/Apps that feel like they need to change drastically all the time, mostly Yahoo for me.....Facebook, I always have to switch my timeline to "most recent" instead of "top stories" or whatever...and again with Facebook, seeing someone's status AGAIN from 4 days ago, just because someone made a new comment on it.....Twitter is tryin to do this crap to, where they put what they consider the best tweets first on your TL....No, I want my Twitter to stay like it always has! in chronological order... Another thing with Twitter, when it comes to the mobile app, why the frick does it have to have a weekly update?! Facebook to though not as often as Twitter....

 

[JoeKing]

This should help you.

You can also go into your browser settings and tell it not to play any plugin without your expressed consent. (the link above is for html5 videos which isn't quite like a Flash plugin)

Beat me to it. Good call. Plus I also use an ad blocker.

 

[MonsterD]

The miss use of the word Troll, especially when it's clear the only reason they use it is
to block out the truth so others are continually miss informed

I think Miss Informed was one of Risen's favorites.

 

[Bill Wooten]

I hate the pop-up surveys asking your opinion of the website. Quit being lazy. Monitor my activity like every other site and figure it out yourself.

Also can't stand the pop-ups offering to chat with someone from the site. The whole reason I'm going to the website is so I don't have to interact with someone!

 

[AzorAhai]

I've recently ran across a new version of ads when browsing on my phone thats about as irritating as I've found. I was reading an article and when it came time to scroll down to continue reading I scrolled an ad overlay up. I had to scroll all the way down for it to disappear, but it scrolled the article page down at the same time, even though it was an overlay. Then I had to go back up to where I was, but read a little more and it popped up again when scrolling. Just kept repeating this. Incredibly annoying

 

[YosemiteSam]

I've recently ran across a new version of ads when browsing on my phone thats about as irritating as I've found. I was reading an article and when it came time to scroll down to continue reading I scrolled an ad overlay up. I had to scroll all the way down for it to disappear, but it scrolled the article page down at the same time, even though it was an overlay. Then I had to go back up to where I was, but read a little more and it popped up again when scrolling. Just kept repeating this. Incredibly annoying

Don'' read that site then. If they want to annoy you, don't let them make money doing it.

 

[Longboysfan]

Just easy navigation.

 

[AzorAhai]

Don'' read that site then. If they want to annoy you, don't let them make money doing it.

It was just one article I was interested in, not one I frequent. I'm just hoping that doesn't become a new thing.

 

[YosemiteSam]

It was just one article I was interested in, not one I frequent. I'm just hoping that doesn't become a new thing.

It's the main reason I refuse to view anything at BleacherReport. Every article you have to click through 75 idiot pages so they can inundated you with ads. Screw them!