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"I griefed because my dog sat on my mouse and farted!"
I agree as well. It is annoying when I go on opticraft website from my phone or iPad
I have no friends, I'm a loner.
That said, If you're visiting the website from a mobile device and using a "hacked browser" to make it thinks you're on a desktop then you deserve the popup.
Why do they deserve the popup?I've seen plenty of mobile sites that just suck, many of which don't contain everything the main site does. (They usually leave out the one thing I'm looking for/make it impossible to locate.)
Quote from: Myskillzownu on May 06, 2012, 08:04:02 pmWhy do they deserve the popup?I've seen plenty of mobile sites that just suck, many of which don't contain everything the main site does. (They usually leave out the one thing I'm looking for/make it impossible to locate.)They deserve it because they're using a "hacked browser". Your mobile device has a browser already built into it, the "hacked browser" is an additional app you install. So just use the regular browser to come to Opticraft and the other one to visit other places. Opticraft doesn't have a mobile version so if you're using a mobile browser you see it as a normal website so there's no reason for Opti to have to do special coding to discover hacked mobile browsers. Just detect regular mobile devices and stop the popup, that's all it has to do. The code is actually pretty simple, did it on my own site once.
I agree completely.I actually brought it up in my post http://www.opticraft.net/index.php/topic,9590.0.html (not knowing you had started this.)I believe the best option would be to create a cookie in PHP or JS that expires every, say, 24-48 hours, that is created when they hit no. (Or even yes.)The cookie would stop the popup, which gets bloody annoying if you're viewing multiple pages.After a day the popup would come up one time, giving them a friendly reminder that they should vote.Another option would be to pull the players name from either a cookie or their login, and check if they have already voted.If they haven't voted on any of the four, the popup is displayed. If they have voted on them all, it hides itself.The best option though (in my eyes) would be a mix of both.Some users simply might not want to vote, and while it doesn't benefit the server, you shouldn't punish them for it. If they don't want to vote, they won't vote. No popup box will change that.The only thing the popup box will do is aggravate said users, and possibly leave a bad taste to the name "Opticraft" for them.Sounds stupid, but it's human nature, and it's inevitable. Just my two cents-Dave