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This brings up a more general question: why have things pop-up to the top of the screen where it has to push the screen down slightly after versus having it pop

by tgb 12y ago

This brings up a more general question: why have things pop-up to the top of the screen where it has to push the screen down slightly after versus having it pop to the bottom where it wouldn't be a problem? Do users not see things on the bottom? My memory is that Firefox uses bottom bars a fair amount like for searching in a page but chrome only does for file downloads.

halviti 12y ago
Although the change from a top bar to a full-on pop-up box likely had to do with visibility, the biggest problem is that it now steals focus from the user. I don't care where the option is on the screen as long as it's not randomly taking my cursor away from the webpage I'm trying to use.