Computer Pop-Ups Waste Time Even After They Have Disappeared

Computer annoyance: Pop-ups waste more time than they take to close, a study has found

From The Daily Mail:

The annoyance of computer screen pop-ups lasts long after they have disappeared or been closed, research has found.

Although they might stay on the screen for just a few seconds, pop-ups make us lose more time trying to find our place and resume the task that was interrupted, a Cardiff University study concluded.

The research, led by Dr Helen Hodgetts and Professor Dylan Jones, examined the cost of on-screen interruptions in terms of the time taken to complete a simple seven-step computer task.

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