Many of us probably remember the days of browser toolbars, random popups, life before tabs, browser windows playing music that can't be muted, and browsing the WAP on our pre-smartphones without images or color. We’ve come a long way since then; things have become more sophisticated and nuanced. While many of our old issues were resolved, there are still people out there trying to exploit every tiny loophole for an advantage.

Our Mission: To annoy, amuse, and enlighten – safely!

This project began as a way to showcase the most annoying things on the web in a distilled and exaggerated form, while keeping the end-user safe. It’s not intended to be a fully-fledged website but rather a playful experiment for fun seekers, developers, and maybe even UX professionals. Nothing here is meant to be malicious; we’re just celebrating (and gently roasting) the history of terrible UX in a safe, contained space.

The ultimate goal is to not only have a few but as much of these experiences here as possible, nut just a one trick pony.

Why Did We Do This?

Why not? Someone had to! It's great to collect these experiences in one single place.

What You’ll Find Here

This is not a comprehensive list, but here are some highlights of the features currently in place:

• Unsolvable captchas
• A small, useless chat bubble at the bottom that only responds after you’ve closed it
• A “wheel of fortune” that gives no reward — but at least it doesn’t ask for your email
• Newsletter popups that appear when you scroll down and every time you switch tabs
• Impossible-to-unsubscribe questions reminiscent of sites that make it difficult to unsubscribe
• A super lengthy registration form with unexpected constraints and input methods
• A confirmation prompt when you try to close the page
• “DILF” ads — our version of the usual of the well known "bored middle-aged women" ads
• A search page with absurd top searches and random slowdowns
• A dead pixel on the screen, just to keep people on edge
• A “claim your phone” ad inspired by those fake surveys that steal personal info (which is NOT the case here!)
• A content paywall where you can only enable content pixel by pixel
• A recipe that begins with a super long backstory
• AI-generated weird images
• Requests for notification permissions (does anyone even use this feature?)
• An updating page title to draw you back when you switch tabs
• And many more…

Contributing

If you want to contribute, everything is on GitHub. Check the footer for the link.