This here is an exploration of our most grievous annoyances: the popup ad. Otherwise known as a scam, blurb, sale, deal, stalker, hacker, weirdo, etc.
The purpose of this website is to serve as an experience into another side of popup ads, a world where they provide a more calming and freeing experience, one where a user has more choice in how long they see the ad and what they can do with it.
My ideal user is someone who hates popup ads with every fiber in their being, someone who fantasizes about a world where popup ads were never invented and spends their time cursing those who facilitate them into websites. They should be looking for a way to take out their emotions on an ad, more freedom in their experience, more control in their digital escapades.
I made this website because I feel like when I go online these days, so little of my experience is actually my own. Every website I go to, page I flick through, or thing I click on doesn’t feel like my choice at all. It always feels like there may be someone tracking my data, directing me subconsciously, analyzing how long I look at something in order to control where I go next. I don’t often feel comfortable on many corners of the internet these days. I wanted to create a place to just click without real consequence, in fact everytime you click, you rid yourself of the unwanted and unneeded things filling every inch of our scenes. I position myself as everyone’s savior for creating such a piece to save us from the terrors of unwanted popup ads! Just kidding, I view myself as an individual who experiences rage at my online experiences feeling violated and chaotic. I am one of many and in being so, I can bring my experience to the internet in hopes that I can help out just a little bit.
I wish it looked better and had more form. At the moment it’s basically a screen with a bunch of images and that feels very basic even though I know the work I put in is anything but. I wish it reflected the visions I have in my head but I don’t feel my coding skills are living up to the hype I have for them in my mind. And that’s a combination of me, my work load, what has to be prioritized (AKA my boring ass astronomy homework because I can’t fail my midterm) but depending on my position in life, my productivity shifts as easily as leaves in the wind.
It’s limited due to my skill set but also I feel my creative capacity, sometimes I just can’t think of good ideas, my mind doesn’t always go there as easily as I wish it would ):
The next iteration is something more polished with maybe some more interactivity, something that looks more like a something if that makes sense. Something identifiable, something meaningful, maybe something that may not even need an explanation to be something real.
xoxo nikhita r