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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: Mike Barlow
Date: Mar 25, 2016 8:27AM

Hmmm Patrick, I forgot about the "time delay" aspect of the popup. And
you're right I hate being in the middle of something and then this popup
appears (I just was browsing a site when that exact thing happened, right
in the middle of reading this huge ad popped up and didn't even have the
courtesy of displaying a "get me out of here" button (I had to, correctly,
assume that ESC would close the popup).

*Mike Barlow*
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Web Accessibility/Section 508 SME

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On Fri, Mar 25, 2016 at 10:20 AM, Patrick H. Lauke < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> 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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