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Re: Opening modal window without user action

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From: John Hicks
Date: Mar 29, 2016 1:43AM

Yes, the only way to have this information at the beginning of the user
session is to display it on page load immediately.

Of course , it is probably true that more users will abandon in the case of
immediate pop-up and having the time delay is seen as a reassurance that
"the info you want is here, but first a word from our survey team" ....
dismissing a pop up is easy after all (if you are a sighted user and the
Escape key is working).

What this site really needs to do is use a different technique, such as a
cookie that loads the modal for a repeat visitor on his or her second visit
(or in the event of a subsequent page load) ... so much less intrusive.

Intuitively I think users are very sensitive to the manipulation of their
attention.

This modal could also be posted when the tab/window is closed... ie after
the user has already been on the site for a while.

John


2016-03-29 0:45 GMT+02:00 Marc Solomon < <EMAIL REMOVED> >:

> On March 28, 2016 5:29:12 PM "Patrick H. Lauke" < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
> wrote:
>
> "It's the fact that it's being displayed
> (and yanks focus away) after a set timeout after the page has been loaded."
>
> Agreed, and is why I thought the example on hellenkeller.org might serve
> as a model for how and more specifically when to display a pop up modal
> that was not explicitly opened by the user. That is, on page load for first
> time visitors.
> Best,
> Marc
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