Creator of the First Pop-Up Advertisement Apologizes
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I'm not really sure where the correlation between him making pop-ups and the internet's business model as a whole came from. I mean the majority of ads online aren't pop-ups so I'm not really sure his creation really had as huge an effect as he seems to be implying, aside from pissing people off, it certainly had that effect.
^Most sensible response.nevarran said:
If he didn't create the pop up ad, someone else would have.
It was inevitable.
What's with guys with Zucker in their name that destines them to inadvertently(well, maybe not the case with Zuckerburg) make some sort of evil that poisons the internet for years? Anyone with those six letters together in your name, please don't go into a computing field. Stick with marine biology, civil engineering, etc. You might accidentally create a flash script that can hypnotize people into buying into all those scams on the banners adds. /joke
I was about to say what Atmos just above me said. Things have been invented within days of each other with the inventors not knowing a thing about the other's ideas. People are always finding solutions to a problem; he just got the "anal sex mobile" problem first. It's just too bad Zuckerman didn't have the mindset of today's tech world to patent that little bit of code. He (if the company he worked for wasn't one of those that steals your ideas with one of those clauses in the contract) could have wielded the power to let only the least intrusive ad campaigns through (or he could have becoming stinking rich since power corrupts).
Now if you will excuse me, I've got to get rid of this nutjob calling himself the WWWYZZERDD.
I was about to say what Atmos just above me said. Things have been invented within days of each other with the inventors not knowing a thing about the other's ideas. People are always finding solutions to a problem; he just got the "anal sex mobile" problem first. It's just too bad Zuckerman didn't have the mindset of today's tech world to patent that little bit of code. He (if the company he worked for wasn't one of those that steals your ideas with one of those clauses in the contract) could have wielded the power to let only the least intrusive ad campaigns through (or he could have becoming stinking rich since power corrupts).
Now if you will excuse me, I've got to get rid of this nutjob calling himself the WWWYZZERDD.
That sums up my thoughts on the matter. It's not like if he hadn't then we wouldn't have web adverts. I can't imagine it was too complicated to do, especially considering what the internet is capable of now.nevarran said:
As others have said though - whoever created audio ads have a special level of hell waiting just for them.
I do remember there being methods of stopping these even back in the early Windows 95/98 days. Alas, We can't actually discuss this lack of effects of popups on modern websites in any proper way. As There's an elephant in the room which is not allowed to be mentioned, ergo making the entire debate null and void.
I find it ironic reading an article about the dawn of distracting Web ads while my left and right sides of my screen are flanked by Diablo III: Reaper of Souls.
For the same reason Oppenheimer and Einstein weren't drawn and quartered for making the nuclear bomb. He didn't mis-use it, those who just took their designs and ran with it did.Objectable said:
If not him then someone else would have done it, so i forgive him. But the guy who created that popup from hell that is impossible to get rid of without killing chrome though task manager deserves a special place in hell, i'm just glad that it's pretty rare.
Thats because rvery major browser, including IE, blocks popus by default eithout any additional software. And you need someshdy code to overwrite it. Meanwhile roaring full sound jeep ads covering text you want to read - good enough for the escapist. Seriuosly, websitea need to take advertisements lessons from reddit. The site is full of ads, bou you wount say that at first sight and the best thing is they dont get annoying.Shanahanapp said:
Hmm, now where have I heard this before...oh yeah that's right!
Miles Dyson: "How were we supposed to know?"
Sarah Connor: "How are you supposed to know? Fucking men like you built the hydrogen bomb. Men like you thought it up. You think you're so creative."
Sarah Connor: "How are you supposed to know? Fucking men like you built the hydrogen bomb. Men like you thought it up. You think you're so creative."
happy_turtle said:
Oh, you mean Adblock? That thing which prevents ads from popping up when you visit websites. Which you can download for free and find easily through Google. That thing?Bolo The Great said:
Last I checked, mentioning it is perfectly legal. You just can't encourage people to use it or basically admit to using it on this site.
Anyway, back on topic, while pop up ads are annoying those little bastards that come up and play audio and video clips when you roll your cursor over them are the worst. Pop up ads I'm at least aware of and can ignore or close. But those I don't even notice until they are screaming at me and they are always in some location that I can't help but go over at some point. I've seen them on plenty of sites and they are annoying as Hell.
This guy may have unleashed something that snowballed into what it is today, but I doubt he foresaw what it would become. I can't say I feel sympathy for whatever car company bought a banner celebrating anal sex, which has nothing to do with that thought reminding me of Southland Tales, I assure you.
Still, he isn't evil. Just a guy who was doing his job. And it certainly isn't the worst thing a person could invent. It's not like he invented guns that fire chainsaws and and handed them out to criminals.
Mr Garrison, clearly.kailus13 said:
Alternatively, maybe they were extremely forward thinking and thought that this was the next step in advertising after half naked people fawning over a car just wasn't going far enough anymore.
Alternatively alternatively, someone was a bit too literal with the phrase "sex sells".