Popup messages can be VERY useful. These days with floating divs etc they are not always necessary, however I do agree that they have a definite place.
Personally I use them in my web applications. If you look at dreamweaver's form validation scripts, they also use that style of popup. I personally think that when used properly they are great, otherwise just an annoyance and can potentially crash a browser. David Fuller Developer magickWEB Web: <http://www.magick.com.au> http://www.magick.com.au Tel: 0434 728 267 Email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] _____ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of James Jeffery Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 11:21 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: [WSG] Pop-Ups (BOM) What's your views on Pop-Ups? When I speak in terms of Pop-Ups I am referring to the alert type Pop-Ups that are a part of the Browser Object Model and NOT window Pop-Ups. The ones that are considered annoying! I personally do not think they are annoying when used in the right way. Google Mail uses them correctly. When you are writing an email and you decide to close the tab or move to another webpage it will alert you and ask you if you want to abandon the email you have spent 15 minutes writing and forgot to save as a draft. In the same way MS Word would ask you if you want to save an unsaved project. A good thing in my books. They are probably only best used in Ajax applications in certain situations when a users attention is needed. We have no problems using them in desktop applications so why not use them in web applications (I am talking about applications not web pages). I am only writing this because I see developers label Pop-Ups as annoying. Ganted, when used in the wrong way they are annoying, but you abuse anything (including tables) and it becomes annoying/wrong. To summarize, what's your views on Pop-Ups ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
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