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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: Patrick H. Lauke
Date: Mar 28, 2016 3:26PM

On 28/03/2016 19:38, Marc Solomon wrote:
> I recently visited the Helen Keller National Center in New York.
> Prior to my meeting, I reviewed their newly redesigned
> (hellenkeller.org). First time visitors are presented with a message
> about website features for customizing the visual appearance of the
> content. The visible message container has a prominent location in
> the top left of the screen and all other background content is
> dimmed. The message content is placed near the top of the DOM so
> screen reader users discover the message as soon as you start reading
> the page. There is a Close Menu element at the end of the message
> that is keyboard operable and clicking outside of the message
> container also closes it. I am curious to know what others think of
> this implementation and if it could serve as a model for the types of
> modals we have been discussing on this thread.

It is not the modal itself, and how it is implemented, that's the main
problem in this case though. It's the fact that it's being displayed
(and yanks focus away) after a set timeout after the page has been loaded.

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