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Re:You don't need a modal window by HL33tibCe7 on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @08:34AM (#36057125)
I guarantee this was written by somebody who has never worked as a professional UI/UX designer

It’s the kind of bold, blanket statement that sounds really great and is a fun opinion to hold, but when confronted with reality crumbles (as many statements of that kind do).

Re:You don't need a modal window by zuprau on Wednesday May 24, 2023 @10:35AM (#36058737)
> somebody who has never worked as a professional UI/UX designer

Such as the Nielsen Norman Group.

> "Do not use modal dialogs for nonessential information that is not related to the current user flow."

> From https://www.nngroup.com/articles/modal-nonmodal-dialog/

Nonessential information such as, let's say, "details."

I'd say that this minisite is exactly on point.