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> An optional one still needs user-interaction to dismiss. If it's "click here to dismiss this walkthrough we just started", yes. If it's "click here to view
by lowercased 7y ago
> An optional one still needs user-interaction to dismiss.
If it's "click here to dismiss this walkthrough we just started", yes. If it's "click here to view a walkthrough", then... no? User interaction is required to start. That would be optional.
If you're thinking it's the "we auto started something and you can optionally stop it" then yeah, I agree, those are often annoying.
- lucideer 7y agoIt's neither. It's "click here to dismiss this annoying message asking you about something you don't want" It's essentially the ux equivalent of an ad or newsletter popup.
- pc86 7y agoIt's definitely not equivalent to an advertisement.
- libria 7y agoThere are poor implementations of this, certainly. Is that the only way this feature could be used? Would it still be obtrusive if it were on the help/knowledgebase page? Imagine that these exist _alongside_ step-by-step documentation reachable by specific searches "How do I download in CSV?".