Comments on: Non-modal alert with jQuery http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/03/non-modal-alert-with-jquery/ Web Applications Designed for Humans Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:33:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Gabriel Svennerberg http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/03/non-modal-alert-with-jquery/#comment-447 Gabriel Svennerberg Wed, 02 Jun 2010 19:33:30 +0000 http://www.svennerberg.com/?p=1627#comment-447 <strong>guy:</strong> Good idea, that's easy to add with jQuery. Coolt that it's first on Google! guy: Good idea, that’s easy to add with jQuery.

Coolt that it’s first on Google!

]]> By: guy http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/03/non-modal-alert-with-jquery/#comment-446 guy Sat, 29 May 2010 12:59:30 +0000 http://www.svennerberg.com/?p=1627#comment-446 If the dialog had some sort of fade in or any other animation it would be much harder to miss. Thanks for the post, it's first on Google for "JavaScript non modal alert". If the dialog had some sort of fade in or any other animation it would be much harder to miss.

Thanks for the post, it’s first on Google for “JavaScript non modal alert”.

]]> By: Gabriel Svennerberg http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/03/non-modal-alert-with-jquery/#comment-445 Gabriel Svennerberg Tue, 10 Mar 2009 22:06:14 +0000 http://www.svennerberg.com/?p=1627#comment-445 <strong><em>Jan:</em></strong> I agree with you that it can be missed by users looking away from the screen. I also agree that it's probably not well suited for marketing actions. I do however think that it's excellent for informative messages like "The post have been saved" or "The item has been deleted". In the script is built in a delay so that the message doesn't disappear instantly. This should help preventing some of the occasions where it could otherwise be missed. By the way. Love your term user-"dumbness" :-) Jan: I agree with you that it can be missed by users looking away from the screen. I also agree that it’s probably not well suited for marketing actions. I do however think that it’s excellent for informative messages like “The post have been saved” or “The item has been deleted”.

In the script is built in a delay so that the message doesn’t disappear instantly. This should help preventing some of the occasions where it could otherwise be missed.

By the way. Love your term user-”dumbness” :-)

]]> By: Jan Seidl http://www.svennerberg.com/2009/03/non-modal-alert-with-jquery/#comment-444 Jan Seidl Tue, 10 Mar 2009 16:02:29 +0000 http://www.svennerberg.com/?p=1627#comment-444 Gab, We must consider the user-"dumbness". The non-modality is great but I think a "dismiss" (or close) button is well fit than mouse/kbd events. User may trigger this events unconsciously and miss the alert. Users tend to navigate with the hand on the mouse (excluding the older ones that reads following text with the cursor) and optical mouses tend to be sensitive. If the alert serve the purpose of a marketing action or just an informative message there is a good chance users will miss it. Regards! Gab,

We must consider the user-”dumbness”. The non-modality is great but I think a “dismiss” (or close) button is well fit than mouse/kbd events.

User may trigger this events unconsciously and miss the alert. Users tend to navigate with the hand on the mouse (excluding the older ones that reads following text with the cursor) and optical mouses tend to be sensitive.

If the alert serve the purpose of a marketing action or just an informative message there is a good chance users will miss it.

Regards!

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