What do you hate MOST about surfing the internet?

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 07 Nov 2005, 22:32

For me, it would be...

- sites that require you to register and log-in to view their content.
- sites that uses flash (lots of korean and chinese movie sites have a tendency to go completely overboard with lousy flash-sites that take ages to load and are hard to navigate...)
- when you go to a page, and it doesn't allow you to use the 'back' button anymore, kinda LOCKING you on the page... bastards.

Anything else?

degeneration · Post by **degeneration** » 08 Nov 2005, 10:08

Sites that don't appear correctly on both IE and Mozilla...

Pop ups

Not having free access to ALL the porn sites...

Mordib · Post by **Mordib** » 08 Nov 2005, 11:28

sites that are 'made by geeks for geeks'. I'm all for not going overboard with the graphics but they will obsessively pack every page with a million and one different bits of information.

sites which tell you about a great event but neglect to mention where it is...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Nov 2005, 13:28

Flash is great but I agree people use it to much.

With Firefox you can configure it to force websites to let you click back and resize the window, amongst other things.

Markgway · Post by **Markgway** » 08 Nov 2005, 13:34

Yi-Long wrote:- sites that require you to register and log-in to view their content.

Movietyme does that. Some forums do also. Like I'm gonna join a fourm without lurking first.

brooce-leroy · Post by **brooce-leroy** » 08 Nov 2005, 14:48

Why not? What's the big deal? If you join a forum, and don't like it, just don't post. You can then go to it now and again for bargains or good deals. You're not signing your soul to the devil if you join a forum.

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Nov 2005, 15:17

brooce-leroy wrote:Why not? What's the big deal? If you join a forum, and don't like it, just don't post. You can then go to it now and again for bargains or good deals. You're not signing your soul to the devil if you join a forum.

The big deal, for one, is that it takes a couple of extra minutes out of our time, which sucks, plus, like most people, I don't use the same password at all the sites, so remembering it all is a bitch as well... especially if you just wanna browse on a forum. Some forums won't let you see the threads unless you are logged in. Well, I clear my cookies and all that shit a couple of times a week, but when I visit a forum, I dont wanna log in each and every time, especially if its a forum I hardly post on, or just wanna check out the news.

Sometimes, someone links to another forum like when Mark wants to point out an interesting thread to us, which is on his favourite barbie-forum, and it will be for registered users only... which just plain sucks cause it means we would have to register just to check out what Mark is so excited about...

BTW, ofcourse I hate pop-ups as well, but doesnt everybody already have a pop-up stopper installed?

I also quite hate it when people dont have a usefull side-bar or at leasta link to the homepage on it... like when you get on a site through google, and you wanna check out the rest of the site, and there's no HOME button or something to press, meaning you'll have to manually delete part of the url to go to the homepage...

Another thing about Google: When you search for pictures, and you see a cool one, and you click it, and the page doesnt exist anymore! THEN DONT FUCKING SHOW THE PICTURE!

People who make a website that automatically starts playing music, should be shot DEAD! I Can't express the amount of anger that goes through me when you are calmly surfing the internet at 3 AM, all forgetting that 8 hours ago you played a song quite loudly... so your speakers are still on, on max volume, and suddenly some idiot with an 'HOW TO IRRITATE YOUR WEBPAGE-VISITORS FOR DUMMIES' book, has decided his site needed the latest Britney Spears song to automatically start playing as soon as someone comes across his page ...
Bastards.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 08 Nov 2005, 16:10

Some nice points there, Yi-Long!

gojensen · Post by **gojensen** » 08 Nov 2005, 16:13

What I hate is people posting lies as facts.

Even more so if it's because of their own ignorance.

Don't trust the internet...

thelostdragon · Post by **thelostdragon** » 08 Nov 2005, 16:24

When certain JavaScripts on websites disable you to right-click and give you a message like:
'Go and steal elsewhere!'

Oh come oooon... whoever really WANTS to steal, will know how to do so and the first thing he'll do is to check his temporary internet files.

romerojpg · Post by **romerojpg** » 08 Nov 2005, 18:07

gojensen wrote:What I hate is people posting lies as facts.

Even more so if it's because of their own ignorance.

Don't trust the internet...

I agreee 5000% with that

I hate the way people take everything as fact, the mildest rumor is stated as fact and masses of people take it as fact, maybe that tells you more about how stupid some people are.

I write a lot on the net and when I get something wrong I do feel bad, some people couldnt care less and make stuff up to get kicks. I wish I was like that and could post lies and feel ok with it.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Nov 2005, 18:42

thelostdragon wrote:When certain JavaScripts on websites disable you to right-click and give you a message like:
'Go and steal elsewhere!'

Oh come oooon... whoever really WANTS to steal, will know how to do so and the first thing he'll do is to check his temporary internet files.

Exactly.

Paste this code into the Firefox address bar and it will let you right click on that annoying site. You need to type it each time though:

javascript:void(document.oncontextmenu=null)

I've created a button on my toolbar called "Enable Right Click" and just click it when sites won't let me right click. Problem sorted.

I don't "think" it works in IE.

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Nov 2005, 18:44

* Sites which add postage later :twisted:

Free postage is so much easier, sure it's not really free but I don't care it makes my life much easier. I don't have to waste time looking through their FAQ or even putting something in my cart just to find out how much postage is.

* Sites where the web designer has used code to circumvent pop ups :x , so we still bloody get them.

* Those annoying porn sites which offer you all the best filth in the world for FREE but then make you give credit card details for so called security anyway

Do they really think I'm stupided enough to give them my credit card?

* Porn sites and the like which try and trick you to download a third party EXPENSIVE dialer.

Yi-Long wrote:BTW, ofcourse I hate pop-ups as well, but doesnt everybody already have a pop-up stopper installed?

Many don't.

Those who don't have XP SP2 don't for example, most don't anyway.

Yi-Long wrote:Another thing about Google: When you search for pictures, and you see a cool one, and you click it, and the page doesnt exist anymore! THEN DONT FUCKING SHOW THE PICTURE!

I agree :twisted:

Yi-Long · Post by **Yi-Long** » 08 Nov 2005, 18:55

There's enough free porn on the internet anyway, so I find it incredible that people would actually pay for it...

bradavon · Post by **bradavon** » 08 Nov 2005, 20:06

Me to.

sky75 · Post by **sky75** » 10 Nov 2005, 10:34

bradavon wrote:* Sites which add postage later :twisted:

Free postage is so much easier, sure it's not really free but I don't care it makes my life much easier. I don't have to waste time looking through their FAQ or even putting something in my cart just to find out how much postage is.

* Sites where the web designer has used code to circumvent pop ups :x , so we still bloody get them.

* Those annoying porn sites which offer you all the best filth in the world for FREE but then make you give credit card details for so called security anyway

Do they really think I'm stupided enough to give them my credit card?

* Porn sites and the like which try and trick you to download a third party EXPENSIVE dialer.

Yi-Long wrote:BTW, ofcourse I hate pop-ups as well, but doesnt everybody already have a pop-up stopper installed?
Many don't.

Those who don't have XP SP2 don't for example, most don't anyway.

Yi-Long wrote:Another thing about Google: When you search for pictures, and you see a cool one, and you click it, and the page doesnt exist anymore! THEN DONT FUCKING SHOW THE PICTURE!
I agree :twisted:

Another thing about Google: When you search for pictures, and you see a cool one, and you click it, and the page doesnt exist anymore! THEN DONT FUCKING SHOW THE PICTURE!

I Agree about free postage to a point. If you're ordering from abroad and the DVD costs just under £18 without postage but over with it included, then it can be extremely useful saving you a customs Bill and £4 to the Post Office

I agree I hate pop-ups which pop up even if you've got a pop up blocker!

I couldn't agree more about the picture search on Google
:x :x
I also hate having to sign up to a forum before having a chance to lurk for a while for similar reasons as Yi Long

BiscLimpkit · Post by **BiscLimpkit** » 11 Nov 2005, 17:47

omg dudes you checked out imdb?

Is it just me or do the flash ads/trailers now suck more than ever?

By sucking I mean like, you can't click on the "X" to shut it down. What's the point in that? Unless it's just a problem with my PC.

gasteropod · Post by **gasteropod** » 11 Nov 2005, 21:50

Yeah I was getting pissed off at all the flash ads coming up on IMDb the other day.

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