wskellenger's Journal: Content the size of my fist, surrounded by ads...

WTF.

I went to read this article, but I found it HARD TO FIND THE CONTENT OF THE DAMN ARTICLE BETWEEN THE ADS ON THE PAGE!

One ad floated gently down from the top of the browser and came to rest in the middle of the screen, awaiting my "close this window" click.

These guys are smart, aren't they? This page, and many others like it, use some script trickery to build a "floating" window in the page, which slips past Firefox's pop-up blocker undetected.

I found a "print this article" view, which allowed me to read the tiny five paragraph (generous: one 'paragraph' is one sentence long) article.

Thought of the evening: So much advertising, on a Linux site especially, gives one a bad impression of the site and its content.