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The Problem

To me, it is embarrassing how bad web UX has become now that there are so many abused features of CSS.  The hover was great when it was a "hint", but now it is an advertisement, an analytic of your personality and desires, a new web page overlay.  All of which is total nonsense if one is just positioning ones mouse.

This article from DesignerDepot that was tweeted by Ray Wenderlich, touches on the human factors that apply to the issues of websites intellectually, but also technologically.

RT @vwenderlich: It's actually pretty hard, imo! How Not To Suck Online http://t.co/fEWLgbYkth via @DesignerDepot

— Ray Wenderlich (@rwenderlich) November 23, 2013

The web owners are trying too hard to read the minds and infer our intentions.  Most of which is out of context.

Dear Website Designer and Marketing Genius,

Please stop pushing new features on me when I login.  I need to make a quick transaction and logout, you just slowed me down.

If you are going to interrupt my flow and ask me if I want to download your mobile App, then remember my "NO" response.  I have my reasons, and if those reasons change in the future, I know where to find you.

Which School Did you Attend?

The web designers used to fall into two schools -- totally, socially irresponsible or seemingly, socially responsible.  Now they are both totally irresponsible for different goals and intents.  What is the answer?

The Answer

Like any battle about free market versus privacy and choice, regardless of the solution, there is likely to be a counter-solution.  For now, the solution is: write your own browser and proxy web surfing server.  Sit behind the proxy and deflect and render meaningless the Marketing genius of the website you visit.  Since, not everyone can write a browser, then turn on the "private browsing" feature or shop for a dependable private browser.  How do you find a dependable browser, you ask?  No one knows for sure, but one thing to watch out for, is if the browser becomes popular, there is no reason to not expect to go rogue.