Piggynap's Blog | Zoe Piper » Overlay Shame http://www.piggynap.com Zoe Piper, The Internet And Everything Thu, 22 Jul 2010 11:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Passive Aggressive Notes Overlay Shame http://www.piggynap.com/overlay-shame/passive-agressive-notes-overlay-shame/ http://www.piggynap.com/overlay-shame/passive-agressive-notes-overlay-shame/#comments Mon, 18 May 2009 11:50:49 +0000 admin http://www.piggynap.com/?p=711 I was really upset the other day when I went to Passive Aggressive Notes and saw they’ve added a crappy overlay. It’s one of my favourite websites for random laughs so I’ve got a dilemma – do I boycott the site or keep visiting regardless?

Shame On You, Passive Aggressive Notes!

passive aggressive notes overlay shame

Luckily it’s only a small overlay – it’s not like it blacks out the whole page like some do. Still, where did it come from? It doesn’t look too related to the website so maybe they’re getting paid when people take the survey?

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Shame On You, Gizmag!

i'm never subscribing so give it up

]]> http://www.piggynap.com/overlay-shame/gizmag-overlay-shame/feed/ 1 Vue Cinema Overlay Shame http://www.piggynap.com/overlay-shame/vue-cinema-overlay-shame/ http://www.piggynap.com/overlay-shame/vue-cinema-overlay-shame/#comments Mon, 20 Apr 2009 11:40:42 +0000 admin http://www.piggynap.com/?p=645 I was trying to check the cinema times last night when this overlay got in the way – the terrible thing was that it followed me around when I tried to scroll away and the X button was always just off screen so it took me ages to close it. By ages I mean about 5 seconds, but in browsing time that’s long enough for me to say ’screw you Vue’ and close the website twice over.

Shame On You, Vue Cinema!

if i wanted to see this film i would

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Shame On You, SEO Book!

bad aaron wall

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Shame On You, Wired!

wired overlay shame

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