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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 25, 2016 8:20AM

On 25/03/2016 14:15, Mike Barlow wrote:
> I agree with Patrick. Though I'd never design a site that has an
> "automatic" popup like the op describes. Sometimes one must bow to he who
> signs the paycheck, but also sometimes he who signs the paycheck can be
> persuaded that his approach could lead to more problems than it's worth.

Ironically perhaps, I'd say that if the automatic popup happened right
away, and NOT after a timeout (so that the user didn't already start
interacting with the actual page, only to be unceremoniously and
unwantedly being yanked off to this popup), then it would be less of a
problem... (this would also remove the problem/annoyance experienced by
all users - e.g. the "non disabled" mouse user who is starting to
read/interact/scroll down on the page only to then be rudely presented
with a doorslam modal; this would also, of course, be a problem for
users with cognitive disabilities, or screen magnification, etc)

P
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