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As someone who does some (but not a lot of) web development, I guess the only thing I care about is: can I turn this off with uBlock Origin?
but i really wish popover=hint made it into the spec. would have been nice to get a native alternative to tippy.js
Kinda funny that browsers have built-in pop-up blockers, but then create APIs like this. Yes I know the difference, but still. I’m old enough to remember the pop-up and pop-under wars of the late 90s and early 2000s. I guess we won that particular battle, but the war for our attention is far from over.
I think you're comparing apples with grapples. A popover is floating element that appears to display a contextual piece of information when required. What you're mentioning is something completely different.
I think that is because the term 'Pop-up' has changed. It used to mean the opening of a new browser window, typically smaller than the host window and floating somewhere on top.
Now it means a modal form within the same window and dom.
Kinda funny that browsers have built-in pop-up blockers, but then create APIs like this. Yes I know the difference, but still. I’m old enough to remember the pop-up and pop-under wars of the late 90s and early 2000s. I guess we won that particular battle, but the war for our attention is far from over.
I've seen exactly this comment somewhere on HN already. What's going on?
Doesn't seem to be a re-peat according to https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...
As someone who does some (but not a lot of) web development, I guess the only thing I care about is: can I turn this off with uBlock Origin?
Nope. Not if the pop-up is first party.
As someone who does some (but not a lot of) web development, I guess the only thing I care about is: can I turn this off with uBlock Origin?
Kinda funny that browsers have built-in pop-up blockers, but then create APIs like this. Yes I know the difference, but still. I’m old enough to remember the pop-up and pop-under wars of the late 90s and early 2000s. I guess we won that particular battle, but the war for our attention is far from over.
This is not a pop-up. People hate popups because they're intrusive and have their own window. This API replaces div modals and saves time and code for developers.
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I think you're comparing apples with grapples. A popover is floating element that appears to display a contextual piece of information when required. What you're mentioning is something completely different.
> What you're mentioning is something completely different. I think that is because the term 'Pop-up' has changed. It used to mean the opening of a new browser window, typically smaller than the host window and floating somewhere on top. Now it means a modal form within the same window and dom.