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Re: Status message that disappears in seconds

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From: allyssa jessicon
Date: Dec 16, 2022 5:44AM

Thanks, everyone for your responses. I appreciate it.

On 12/16/22, glen walker < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> 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:
>
>>
>> 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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