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Re:Toasts Are Bad UX by cellularmitosis on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @01:12PM (#41301880)
> I would much rather only get the toast if there is a failure to commit the change ... And being far on the screen from where I’m taking an action makes them even more of a distraction.

But wouldn't this situation be even worse with a failure-only toast? A request timeout could happen 30 seconds after the fact. You're likely in a very different UI state at that point, and unless the error message is very specific, you'll have no idea what even failed if you are quickly performing lots of actions.

Re:Toasts Are Bad UX by d0gsg0w00f on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @11:26PM (#41306502)
I think it would be nice if the toast popped up and hid in a tray and you could expand it and see a toast history with timestamps.
Re:Toasts Are Bad UX by 1oooqooq on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @08:15AM (#41309501)
oh, so a notification without priority?
Re:Toasts Are Bad UX by davidsgk on Wednesday August 21, 2024 @12:54PM (#41312070)
I agree. If it's available, I always appreciate a toast + notification tray combo where you get non-blocking feedback on successes but you can also keep track of any past messages.