We use too many damn modals (2018)

Re:We use too many damn modals (2018) by saagarjha on Thursday June 25, 2020 @06:45PM (#23646633)

One thing I like to do is preview a link by Force clicking on it in my browser and scrolling through it–the preview window lets me scroll, but not interact with the page. For many sites this is quite convenient, because I can skim the page without being interrupted. But when modals pop up they cover the content and I can't read the page because I can't dismiss them! So if you're looking for another reason to drop modals, here's one.

Also, hilariously this website uncovers a bug in Safari where the cursor doesn't reset once you leave the page bounds, so I have a huge pixellated cursor hanging around until I click somewhere else :P

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Re:We use too many damn modals (2018) by gindely on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:00AM (#23650351)

What does that mean? Force clicking? You apply so much pressue that it breaks a touchscreen/touchpad so that it makes a click noise when you tap?

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Re:We use too many damn modals (2018) by saagarjha on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:44AM (#23650552)

In case that wasn’t a joke: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204352

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Re:We use too many damn modals (2018) by gindely on Friday June 26, 2020 @06:51AM (#23650594)

Oh, another of Apple's hidden features. Once upon a time, one button mice were a feature so that features weren't hidden and even beginner users could quickly become power users.

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Re:We use too many damn modals (2018) by saagarjha on Friday June 26, 2020 @07:12AM (#23650714)

This used to be three-finger tap on older Macs.

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