What do you think?

[Dravyk]

seems the things we hate the most are always the best

The problem is there are too many people who have no sense of usability at all and over-do it. It seems to happen with every new trick that comes along.

There are ways to do things and then there are ways to do things.

Yes we all hate consoles. And the average paysite exit has at least three.

Again, we all hate consoles. But mainstream advertising has determined consoles are 14 -- yes, 14 times more effective than simple banners.

We all hate spam (except for Nick, of course, hehe). Yet enough people click and purchase, otherwise spam would have long ago stopped.