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Some domains don't want to be embedded, but matrix gives the option to expand websites here.
I made a non-comprehensive blacklist of domains to not expand. Now the expansion option doesn't appear so there isn't a button that feels unresponsive.
Nice. Can you give an example, Desu?
Also, if you can publish docs, articles, listicles, or wikis, it might be good to openly list things like the black lists.
I was hesitant to call it a black list because it might sound like I’m black listing sites. What it is is some sites don’t want to be embedded in others, and that’s their call. If you try to embed them it will show any error to the user.
So if I know for example, with dw.com, that if someone clicks an expand instead of getting what they want they will just get an error taking up 80% of the screen, I’m going to not give the user that action.
So I don’t really see a reason to publish it. It’s not like this is a list of sites to avoid or anything. Though I have noticed an imperfect correlation with sites that espouse control freak ideology. They tend to be primed to follow a pretty common modern design philosophy of “build the thing you want the user to do, and do not allow anything else. Accidentally delivering extra utility through unplanned modes of use must be guarded against.”
You could feature a (?) icon to popup an explanation if you hover over it and/or the externalized-link icon used on wikis. Instead of black lists: externalized-link lists (plus an explanatory opening paragraph) - for curiosity's sake.