http://blog.arc90.com/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/ Web Application Design & Development Thu, 29 Jul 2010 10:34:30 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://blog.arc90.com/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-439 Avi Flax Sun, 16 Dec 2007 18:14:43 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-439 I do the same thing! And I agree that it's annoying. I do the same thing! And I agree that it’s annoying.

]]> http://blog.arc90.com/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-438 Chris LoSacco Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:38:19 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-438 I wish I could control my hyperactive cursor, believe me! :) Actually, it turns out that it's really when you <em>double click</em> that you get the popup. See here: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/2dwyzb" rel="nofollow">http://tinyurl.com/2dwyzb</a> If you double click an item on that page, you'll get the popup. It's not even an inline styled window, as you say, but a full fledged popup! Seems useful at first, but it turns out to be really annoying for compulsive clickers like Chris Dary and me. I wish I could control my hyperactive cursor, believe me! :)
Actually, it turns out that it’s really when you double click that you get the popup. See here:
http://tinyurl.com/2dwyzb
If you double click an item on that page, you’ll get the popup. It’s not even an inline styled window, as you say, but a full fledged popup! Seems useful at first, but it turns out to be really annoying for compulsive clickers like Chris Dary and me.

]]> http://blog.arc90.com/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-437 Javier Julio Mon, 10 Dec 2007 23:01:25 +0000 http://blog.daniell.acr90-dev-02/2007/12/10/a-crappy-new-york-times-feature/#comment-437 Maybe you shouldn't highlight things? Maybe you should keep your cursor away from the text? I don't know, just putting this out there, but maybe you should read the content like sane folks? Just some friendly jabs. :) I have noticed the same behavoir on a particular site I frequent but instead when hovering over text you get inline pop-ups that are ads! So consider yourself lucky if you are getting definitions! Just to clarify though is the pop-up you are talking about an actual styled inline window or the result of using a title attribute (tool tip) on an HTML tag? Maybe you shouldn’t highlight things? Maybe you should keep your cursor away from the text? I don’t know, just putting this out there, but maybe you should read the content like sane folks? Just some friendly jabs. :)
I have noticed the same behavoir on a particular site I frequent but instead when hovering over text you get inline pop-ups that are ads! So consider yourself lucky if you are getting definitions!
Just to clarify though is the pop-up you are talking about an actual styled inline window or the result of using a title attribute (tool tip) on an HTML tag?

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