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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | Some | + | Some web sites have a {{w|mobile app}} designed for use on mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. In practice, this alternative is frequently worse than simply viewing the standard web page, for reasons offered in the comic: |
*You cannot zoom or change the text size in most of these apps, a feature available on mobile browsers. | *You cannot zoom or change the text size in most of these apps, a feature available on mobile browsers. | ||
− | *The app is often of poor quality and is incomplete, lacks part of the content, or lacks features available on the standard | + | *The app is often of poor quality and is incomplete, lacks part of the content, or lacks features available on the standard web site. |
− | + | For these reasons it can often be better to just view the regular version of the web site even when accessing the web from a mobile device. | |
− | Compounding the frustration is that some sites aggressively promote their app | + | Compounding the frustration is that some sites aggressively promote their app with banners that cover the entire screen, repeating the offer on every visit to the site. |
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+ | The comic offers a brutally honest version of this promotional banner. | ||
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+ | The title text refers to another common problem: When the user declines the offer, the banner redirects the user to the home page of the site rather than returning to the web page the user intended to visit. This effect described in more detail in [[869: Server Attention Span|comic 869]]. | ||
==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A popup window on top of a webpage displayed in a smartphone browser | + | :[A popup window on top of a webpage displayed in a smartphone browser.] |
− | :Want to visit an incomplete version of our website where you ''' | + | :Want to visit an incomplete version of our website where you '''can’t zoom'''? |
:'''Download our app!''' | :'''Download our app!''' | ||
:[OK] [No, but ask me again every time] | :[OK] [No, but ask me again every time] | ||
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{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
[[Category:Comics with color]] | [[Category:Comics with color]] | ||
[[Category:Computers]] | [[Category:Computers]] |