Building Really Annoying Web Sites

By Michael Miller and Michael Miller

Building Really Annoying Web Sites is a subversive new book that will teach you the long sought-after secrets of how to add all sorts of truly irritating effects to your own personal Web pages. * Make all the menus and buttons in a browser window disappear * Change a cursor's shape, without the user's permission * Create impossible-to-close pop-up windows * Add aggravating Flash animations and movies * Trap users in framed pages if they try to link off your page * And much more Each annoying effect is followed by a section explaining why it would be wrong to add that effect to a Web page, along with suggestions for a more appropriate approach that well-intentioned designers can take, if they so desire.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0764548743
• ISBN13: 9780764548741
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Wiley
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.4" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Truly Annoying Tricks

But that is one of the reasons you should buy this book if you want to learn web design tricks that will annoy the heck out of anyone visiting your site. If you're the kind of person that loves to pull naughty tricks on web visitors, you will love this book. Or if you just want to know some cool stuff to try just for the heck of it, you will love this book. While some of this tricks have no value other than to annoy, it's nice to know about them if you do any kind of web design. And for the ones that do have some value, it's nice to know of some new tricks to try (as long as they're not overdone). I'm always looking for the latest "tricks" and when I got this book, I thought it would be more of a "guide to what not to do with a web site." Instead, the author seems to take great pleasure out of pointing out "evil tricks" to try.Among them? Bothersome Backgrounds, like flashing backgrounds or a scrolling background. Nasty looking text that fades in or out, or changes colors constantly. Links that go nowhere or adding sounds to them. Crazy cursors that change shape or disappear entirely. Popups or windows that fill up a whole screen. Or even ways to "force" visitors to fill out a form within a specified time or to block underage visitors if you have an adult-oriented site (actually that one might come in handy for some!).At times hilarious and a quick read, this book is enjoyable especially if you have a perverse desire to learn what the annoying things you really shouldn't do with a web site, but have the desire to do anyway.

Unbelievable book!

This is a great book! It will tell you exactly what to do to make the most annoying website on the net! It can make you make unstopable pop-ups, changing backgrounds, forcing readers to scroll over to read a sentence, blast annoying music in the background, make visitors view a slide-show before entering your page, and that's just for beginners! Not only does this book tell you how to be annoying, it has some nice things to help your site, like making sure visitors read the terms of service before entering, and so on. After each section, it tells you how to use the scripts to Not be annoying, so you don't always have to annoy the people.Any way, this is a great book for people who LOVE to create off-the-wall webpages!