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Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

dws1900 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 07:01:42 GMT

Subject says it all, please stop it, its only to give marketeers a reason for their existence

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

Anonymous — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 08:36:41 GMT

@dws1900 - As a user that never stores cookies I see this more than most and I too have questioned it. But unless you look good in purple, don't hold your breath over this.

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

dvorak — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 10:11:42 GMT

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Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

Baldrick1 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 14:10:52 GMT

I also have my browser set to automatically delete cookies so am heartily sick of both this and the GDPR click boxes every time I log in.

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

dws1900 — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 15:47:19 GMT

@Baldrick1

I think cookies is part of the issue as when you don't delete one for PN then you don't seem to get the pop-up.

Maplin were as bad, and IMSO these things turn people off.

AFAIK they are really hard to block as they are embedded in some weird horrible javascript, and usually the address is on the very host you want to use.

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

ejs — Mon, 07 Jan 2019 18:55:40 GMT

I should start banging my head against walls, and then demanding everyone makes their walls softer, because my head hurts.

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

MauriceC — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 08:54:48 GMT

Love the analogy @ejs I'm not even clear what information marketing believe they get from the pop up?

The question is static and has been since its inception, so when it does pop up I just rattle a few keys and press enter. Perhaps PN have invested in some some new AI technology which can interpret my mood from the random key presses.

Re: Annoying Pop Up Tell us how you think

Townman — Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:29:52 GMT

Ratting the jets and pressing enter is not going to address the consequences of aggressive cookie crunching.

Cookies support rich functionality - crunch them and you can get a detrimental experience.