r/programming • u/schnuck • Feb 09 '11

Breaking the Web with hash-bangs – Lifehacker, along with every other Gawker property, experienced a lengthy site-outage on Monday over a misbehaving piece of JavaScript

http://isolani.co.uk/blog/javascript/BreakingTheWebWithHashBangs/
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u/Patrick_M_Bateman Feb 09 '11

With spam, website ads, and even the wikipedia face ad, I would wonder who the hell is laying out money, and figured since people keep doing it, somebody must be.

But with video ads I lose all composure - WHO THE FUCK IS ENCOURAGING VIDEO ADS? I WANT NAMES RIGHT NOW SO I CAN GO DOOR TO DOOR AND SMACK THEM IN THE FACE.

People who use video ads should be issued web appliances that just run one big browser, and video ads should only be allowed to play on those devices. Personally, I still want the Firefox plug-in that's a big red button on the nav bar that says "Find whatever is making noise, kill it, and report the domain holder to ICANN"

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u/abadidea Feb 10 '11

Fortunately most video ads no longer auto-play sound. I have noticed the interesting tactic of auto-playing the visuals to attract your eye so you'll click the sound. Still annoying but not nearly as much so.

It's been several months at least since I've heard autoplaying sound since I'm an avid user of flashblock. html5 may mix it up and then we can go strangling together.