Fool.com really wants you to subscribe
I don’t actually read Motley Fool, but I recognize it can be a good and sometimes fun resource for investors, plus it has a pleasant design that for the most part, shows real attention to details.
So I was browsing around this Sunday morning when I was hit in the face with this:
Notice what’s wrong? No bail out option. No close link, no no thanks button, escape key does not work, nada. All that in the form of a pesky overlay that hides the content. I tried the “Click Here” button to no avail, as you see. I had to reload to be able to read the article below.
I can understand the practice of this, I cannot accept it, though. This is not the way to go to convince people to subscribe in a content site - and to be frank, I don’t think that Motley Fool actually needs this kind of stuff.
Thumbs down.
motley fool, overlay, usability, content
September 1st, 2008 at 8:01 am
3 steps to get this off
1. Install Firebug
2. Inspect element on the box
3. Delete element
What’s the fuzz?
September 1st, 2008 at 8:39 am
hehe nice one stelaboura
Maybe she can do a little site redesign as well 
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:26 am
@stelabouras
I won’t get down to Firebug just to read some article. Reloading did the trick anyway.
And I won’t have to redesign everything, I think Fool.com is pretty much structured already.
September 2nd, 2008 at 10:02 am
I was being ironic ofc