#_2025 I recently ran across this [rachelbythebay](http://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/01/04/cruft/) post about 'web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you here. I agreed with nearly every 'modern' web design principle she discourages (and does not force on her readers). Taking from her post, here is a bullet point list of what not to do (on static sites). Do not... - Force people to use Javascript - Track 'engagement' - Set cookies - Use visitor IP addresses outside of a filtering abuse context - Do pop-ups... anywhere - Do animations - Use autoplaying for video or audio - Try to 'grab people' when they try to back out of a page (e.g. pop ups saying 'before you go...') - Put things in the page which 'follow' users as they scroll - Place floating buttons ('contact me') - Mess with the scrolling bars of the browser itself - Use invisible icons or other seedy tracker techniques - Use icons for 'sharing' or 'liking' the page - Use outgoing links to report back on which links were clicked - Place clickbait Thanks, Rachel by the Bay, for the succinct and helpful post!