Is is just me, or has anybody else noticed how ‘bratty’ web pages have become?  I mean the kind of brattiness that demands your attention — the tugging on your shirtsleeve while you are trying to talk sort of brattiness.

I for one, enjoy concentrating.  I like that moment of settling in to focus on something that requires my full attention.  I like the promise of a good read after I come across an article that looks to be intriguing.  So, I do not like to have that moment interrupted by a ‘pop-up’. 

The purpose of web site pop-ups varies.  Usually they are requests to become a member of the site –which is especially annoying if I already am a member.  There are pop-ups to sign up for the newsletter.  There are pop-ups requesting you to complete a survey about your experience on the web site… 

I can only speak for myself here, but I would be far and away more likely to sign up, or participate in a survey if the web site just left me to experience what it offers in a quiet manner.  Let me read the article in peace.  If the content is compelling, I will sign up.  If the web experience was indeed unique and pleasant, I will click on the survey button.  No pop-up nagging necessary.

…Quickly, conveniently and quietly, I offer you Dear Readers, this week’s installment of Contentment is for Cows… in which we conclude Chapter Seven, “Guts Don’t Lie”.

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