Hey Hunters,
Long time lurker here on Product Hunt sharing some of the things I've built to solve problems that plague daily life on the web. Overlay Blocker is an extension that makes Google Chrome smarter, able to detect and stop a wide range of annoying overlay popups before they appear.
Still working on a way to monetize this. Tentative ideas include a free plan and an unlimited use plan. For now, use the license code "producthunt" to unlock everything.
I would love to hear your thoughts, feel free to AMA.
Modals are often used to teach users how to use features and give them important information; how will this differentiate between useful modals and ad modals?
@bauermetal
Hi Justin, as explained in another comment below - the extension uses an algorithm I've been working on for a few months to determine use cases for good modals versus bad modals. This is the innovation I've been working on fine-tuning.
Technically speaking, there's a few easy examples to explain that Kevin pointed out - on-scroll popovers or exit-intent modals. Though the extension listens for other possible modal triggers to determine between useful modals and annoyances.
Although the extension not perfect yet, I'll be improving the algorithm with more use cases and included an easy way to whitelist sites before branching out into other browsers.
@kevinyun
The extension uses an algorithm I've been refining over the last few months after putting it through a large sample size and eliminating false triggers.
This includes both exit-intent modals, on-scroll popovers, on page open, and more cases. Although it's not perfect yet and still has some false triggers, with time I'll be improving the algorithm's detection rate to include additional annoyance cases.
Personally, using it gives me that happy feeling reading blogs and no longer seeing "please subscribe!"
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