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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by pjlegato on Saturday December 27, 2014 @04:15PM (#8803958)
It's not at all obvious what that button does. The icon is typically associated with "power on/off." While I can see how this is supposed to suggest whitelisting in an abstract and metaphoric sense, making that connection is a bit of a stretch, particularly for casual users.

I suggest removing the icon and just putting a plain old checkbox with a label that says "Whitelist Site".

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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by pjlegato on Monday December 29, 2014 @01:24AM (#8808761)
Addendum: The apparent scope of the icon is browser-wide, not limited to the current page. Since the "power on/off" icon is unqualified, it seems like clicking it will turn the entire plugin on and off, not merely whitelist the current site.
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by _asummers on Saturday December 27, 2014 @05:53PM (#8804271)
If you hover over it, it tells you exactly what it does.
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by lomnakkus on Saturday December 27, 2014 @07:09PM (#8804515)
"hover over it to find out what it does" does not constitute good UX unless you're talking about a toolbar with a multitude of icons which cannot all (by sheer numbers) be "intuitive".
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by _asummers on Saturday December 27, 2014 @07:57PM (#8804654)
I'm not claiming it's the best UX, and I have no particular affinity to this program, but it's really not hard to tell what it does, especially for the demographic here.
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by lomnakkus on Saturday December 27, 2014 @08:07PM (#8804683)
Nor do I have any particular affiliation or affinity. It just sounds like poor UX/UI.

I guess the whole "hover over it if you're confused" thing is pretty established by now, so I'd say your original assessment is probably the correct one. I just want us (the industry) to get better at this stuff! :)

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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by _asummers on Saturday December 27, 2014 @08:35PM (#8804756)
Fair enough; that's totally reasonable, and I agree with you. I guess I just had an objection to the post I originally replied to which (seemingly) had the attitude of it being impossible to tell what the button did. The UX could certainly be better, but it's not bad.
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Re:Adblock Plus is probably the reason Firefox and Chrome ar... by Zuider on Sunday December 28, 2014 @10:36AM (#8806441)
Yes, but it is not intuitively obvious for the ordinary user who would account for the majority of page views and potential advertising revenue.
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