I didn't even notice the ad until reading through the HN comments. My eyes went directly to the red copy since it was centered in the page (and the ad, which apparently is there, is white and to the right).
It sits underneath the first paragraph on smaller screens (I've since added an extra sentence at the beginning.) It was unintentionally confusing in this case.
My screen is 1280x1024 which isn't /that/ small and it sits underneth the introudction.
I also thought it was related to the primary subject... and the real image, I thought was an error message from the advert company for clickabuse or something..
So when the author brings up usability and UI issues... should probably recitify those on his own site, before reaching out to others.
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I didn't even notice the ad until reading through the HN comments. My eyes went directly to the red copy since it was centered in the page (and the ad, which apparently is there, is white and to the right).
It sits underneath the first paragraph on smaller screens (I've since added an extra sentence at the beginning.) It was unintentionally confusing in this case.
My screen is 1280x1024 which isn't /that/ small and it sits underneth the introudction.
I also thought it was related to the primary subject... and the real image, I thought was an error message from the advert company for clickabuse or something..
So when the author brings up usability and UI issues... should probably recitify those on his own site, before reaching out to others.