Re:Toasts Are Bad UX
by DidYaWipe on Tuesday August 20, 2024 @03:26PM
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You missed the main point, which is that the "toast" is nowhere near where you're looking when performing the action.
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I didn't miss that point, I'm arguing that that point doesn't prove anything about the merits of a toast.
Their examples are all arguments of where local information should have been displayed. I agree with them in general. I just think that a toast should also be displayed in each of the situations they identify.
What seems to have happened is that they correctly identified a problem with lack of local information and blamed it on the presence of non-local information, which is fallacious. You can have both, and I believe that a UI with both is generally more usable.