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Re: Status message that disappears in seconds

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From: glen walker
Date: Dec 15, 2022 1:23PM

Agreed. Toast messages should contain info that can be ignored and not be
a detriment to the process. If I click "add to cart" and accidentally
knock something off my table and look away from the screen, I might not see
the toast message. But that's ok because the toast wasn't that important.
I can inspect my cart to see if the item I added is really there.

Toast messages are usually just warm fuzzies. It's nice to see a
confirmation but isn't critical to the process. If I change my profile
settings, it's nice to see a confirmation that the changes were saved.

That's why I wanted to point out the note in the success criterion about
"This success criterion helps ensure that users can complete tasks".

On Thu, Dec 15, 2022 at 1:09 PM Don Mauck < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

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> Any message that needs a reaction, has important data such as a special
> number or error messages with links should never be a toast message.
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