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Re:Show HN: Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through... by lowercased on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:06AM (#22364806)
> An optional one still needs user-interaction to dismiss.

If it's "click here to dismiss this walkthrough we just started", yes. If it's "click here to view a walkthrough", then... no? User interaction is required to start. That would be optional.

If you're thinking it's the "we auto started something and you can optionally stop it" then yeah, I agree, those are often annoying.

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Re:Show HN: Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through... by lucideer on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @07:09AM (#22364816)
It's neither. It's "click here to dismiss this annoying message asking you about something you don't want"

It's essentially the ux equivalent of an ad or newsletter popup.

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Re:Show HN: Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through... by libria on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @10:25AM (#22366247)
There are poor implementations of this, certainly. Is that the only way this feature could be used? Would it still be obtrusive if it were on the help/knowledgebase page?

Imagine that these exist _alongside_ step-by-step documentation reachable by specific searches "How do I download in CSV?".

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Re:Show HN: Build a JS-only interactive product walk-through... by pc86 on Wednesday February 19, 2020 @09:45AM (#22365814)
It's definitely not equivalent to an advertisement.
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