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No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter — Bureau of Programming

Hi, I’m Anselm Hannemann, a freelance Frontend Developer and Engineering Manager. You can hire me. I wrote WDRL for 10 years and have a a Market Garden as a side-business.

This link appeared in WDRL 176 on 31.03.2017.

No, I Don’t Want to Subscribe to Your Newsletter — Bureau of Programming

We all know the annoying overlays that prompt website visitors to take action — “sign up for the newsletter”, “like the page on Facebook”. Bureau of Programming now shares thoughts on why it was easier to get rid of annoying pop-up windows and why it’s up to us developers to not build annoying features, if we want to make the web a useful, friendly place.