Well, the other side is that it seems quite pointless.  I&#x27;m glad it&#x27;s a simple popover, and not a full page video ad, and it responds nicely to escape.  But all that means is I&#x27;ve closed it half a second after it appeared, without reading, with nothing but a grunt of frustration over &quot;yet another popover crap&quot;.  Is that really the impression this site wants to make?  Something unobtrusive in the sidebar that would let me keep reading, and then look at, I would be more inclined to even read...