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I stopped using Facebook a week or two ago when they started putting an opaque overlay over the entire page to direct my attention to a popup box that said noth

I stopped using Facebook a week or two ago when they started putting an opaque overlay over the entire page to direct my attention to a popup box that said nothing interesting and had no apparent way of closing it, no [X] in the corner. If that's a feature of the new layout, I already hate it even though I haven't been able to see the new layout. A hint to UI developers: if your proposed user interface feature resembles something that porn sites did in the 1990s which users found so obnoxious that browser developers rewrote their products to disallow it, because disabling your feature would gain the browser many additional users, don't do it.

nbm 15y ago
That doesn't sound like anything I've ever seen on Facebook (and, since I work there, I use it a lot). Were you doing anything specific when this happened? Do you have any other information so I can pass it on to the right people?
- Tangaroa 15y ago
  It happened immediately after logging on, when looking at the news feed. I was able to see the page for a split second while it first rendered and then some JS covered everything up with mostly-opaque white. I think the popup box was pointing to the update status input box, but I forget what it said. I just logged in and did not get it, so it seems to be gone now.
  - nbm 15y ago
    This sounds like it might have been a bug rather than something on purpose. When we introduce something new, we use overlays to help users discover these new features. For example, how to change the privacy of their posts, to tag people, or check into a new location. I'm fairly certain we don't use modal dialogs for these (only for the lightbox for photo viewing).
    - millzlane 15y ago
      I can confirm this it was the reason I closed my account. I hated that it wouldn't let me close this new feature tour or whatever. There was an overlay and would not let you continue without completing it. It was no bug. I think it's great that Facebook is becoming more reactive now that google+ is around. I've been requesting some of these features since the beginning. I wish they had come sooner.
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nbm 15y ago

That doesn't sound like anything I've ever seen on Facebook (and, since I work there, I use it a lot). Were you doing anything specific when this happened? Do you have any other information so I can pass it on to the right people?

Tangaroa 15y ago
It happened immediately after logging on, when looking at the news feed. I was able to see the page for a split second while it first rendered and then some JS covered everything up with mostly-opaque white. I think the popup box was pointing to the update status input box, but I forget what it said. I just logged in and did not get it, so it seems to be gone now.
- nbm 15y ago
  This sounds like it might have been a bug rather than something on purpose. When we introduce something new, we use overlays to help users discover these new features. For example, how to change the privacy of their posts, to tag people, or check into a new location. I'm fairly certain we don't use modal dialogs for these (only for the lightbox for photo viewing).
  - millzlane 15y ago
    I can confirm this it was the reason I closed my account. I hated that it wouldn't let me close this new feature tour or whatever. There was an overlay and would not let you continue without completing it. It was no bug. I think it's great that Facebook is becoming more reactive now that google+ is around. I've been requesting some of these features since the beginning. I wish they had come sooner.
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