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This is an absurd overreaction. Popovers are CSS. Just a positioned element. And both up-and-overs are "legitimately" used as modals in apps.
by oliwarner 8y ago
This is an absurd overreaction.
Popovers are CSS. Just a positioned element. And both up-and-overs are "legitimately" used as modals in apps.
- ashelmire 8y agoI think these are using alert rather than modals. Alert is pretty awful.
- black_puppydog 8y agoAnd even in those cases 99% of the time they're a PITA. Modals are as bad in web UI as they are in desktop UI.
- oliwarner 8y agoBut this isn't a discussion about whether or not modals are good idea. The OP was arguing —without any idea what the mechanics are, I'm sure, because that's how we decide how technology works these days— that CSS should not be allowed to layer and position one thing over another. Modals have a place, but like everything, they get abused by people with no idea about how things should work. But that isn't a good standalone argument for going back to pre-1997 CSS.