We use too many damn modals (2018)
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We use too many damn modals (2018)
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Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#2I agree about modals. But seems like the same points can be made about the website's design that trying to teach others about modals, have you considered using plain text or a more readable website to convey your point across without resorting to 1-bit retro decoration?
Edit: 1 bit lol
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#3Modals are basically the fancy clone of old school javascript's alert(), and while everyone would rightfully be annoyed being "alerted" needlessly, designers have convinced themselves that it's fine to show modals frequently?
Edit: Claiming it's only designers' fault, or generalizing that all designers do that, is obviously wrong. I did not mean that. What I meant to convey (partially failed) is that examples propagate, and somehow design choices are the beginning of this propagation chain.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#4I don't want to complain, website is harder to read with all that 8 bitsh font type...Maybe normal post with one example for each idea would be good enough.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#5I agree about modals. But seems like the same points can be made about the website's design that trying to teach others about modals, have you considered using plain text or a more readable website to convey your point across without resorting to 1-bit retro decoration? Edit: 1 bit lol
1-bit actually.
(But, yes, it’s pretty awful and makes it hard to take the content seriously even though it’s good content.)
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#6I agree about modals. But seems like the same points can be made about the website's design that trying to teach others about modals, have you considered using plain text or a more readable website to convey your point across without resorting to 1-bit retro decoration? Edit: 1 bit lol
Yeah I had a hard time reading it without getting distracted. So I went to a website that converts pages to plain-text and the first thing that popped up was a newsletter modal.
So I guess point taken.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#7I agree about modals. But seems like the same points can be made about the website's design that trying to teach others about modals, have you considered using plain text or a more readable website to convey your point across without resorting to 1-bit retro decoration? Edit: 1 bit lol
1-bit actually. (But, yes, it’s pretty awful and makes it hard to take the content seriously even though it’s good content.)
I found it entertaining. I would completely ignore this as a generic rant without the stylized presentation.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#8That's why I love mobile...and the people found a way to create modals there. Sigh.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#9I remember reading somewhere that most (modal) dialogs are just lazy design. It's easier to have a dialog component and throw whatever notice or controls in there. It's a predictable and flexible canvas.
Your password is incorrect? Error dialog. Easier to design and build that a warning state on the text-boxes and a message close to the login button.
Writing a post? Editor dialog. It's easier to design and build than something that's inline, grows to accommodate what you're writing, and works predictably when you scroll away or click something else.
There's something the user should know? Alert dialog. Much easier than figuring out where in the component hierarchy you should inject a warning, how it should look, what controls you should disable, etc.
Re: We use too many damn modals (2018)
#10Modals are basically the fancy clone of old school javascript's alert(), and while everyone would rightfully be annoyed being "alerted" needlessly, designers have convinced themselves that it's fine to show modals frequently? Edit: Claiming it's only designers' fault, or generalizing that all designers do that, is obviously wrong. I did not mean that. What I meant to convey (partially failed) is that examples propaga…
Modal dialogs are a lot older than alert(). alert() is an instance of a modal dialog, not the other way round.