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You don't even necessarily need to place it in a new page, probably you can just expand it inline.
Most modals are just lazy.
"Where should I put this piece of UI/information?"
"Just place it above everything else."
With SPAs you don't even have an excuse that "a full-page reload will take longer" because you can change the whole page/layout instantly.
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You don't even necessarily need to place it in a new page, probably you can just expand it inline.
Most modals are just lazy.
"Where should I put this piece of UI/information?"
"Just place it above everything else."
With SPAs you don't even have an excuse that "a full-page reload will take longer" because you can change the whole page/layout instantly.