You may notice that there are some new ads on the site. They're short videos done by DuPont, with an excessively perky anchor talking about science topics and the wonders of chemistry, and that sort of thing.
We were promised that the ads would not auto-play or break people's browsers, and as far as I can tell, that seems to be the case. If you encounter any problems with them, though, please leave a comment here, and your concerns will be relayed to the Powers That Be.
And while we're at it, we may as well make this a Site Design Open Thread-- if you have comments or complaints about anything having to do with ScienceBlogs, leave a comment, and I'll pas it on to the Seed brass.
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If there is one thing I hate with a burning, red-hot passion in a website/blog/whatever, it's content that autoplays when I access a site.
Gosh. I hope no one looking for Ken Ham's Ark Encounter accidentally types arkencounters.com.
(Warning! Obnoxious autoplay video! Warning! Dinosaur porn! Warning!)
Here's part of an explanation I've liked for a long time: they're a product of developing cognitive processes that bias the brain to model the world with supernatural shortcuts.
(Moved below the fold because the silly video defaults to autoplay.)
Freaking hilarious! Nothing to do with the brain though - ohh well. Don't play this out loud at work - it's a bit potty mouthed. (Sorry for the autostart - I can't figure out how to not let it automatically start).
The Internet geeks will mock you for not instantly recognizing Amanda Congdon....
I don't know what does it, but something about the markup of every scienceblogs.com blog causes Firefox to chew 100% CPU on page load for just long enough to make my music player skip.
I for one find the new ads fairly annoying.
... and she's not only excessively perky, but mildly nauseating. And how come all firefighters are now men?
yay for not having flash!
(they won't release a 64bit version, and i don't care enough to downgrade my firefox to 32bit)