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RE: Modals aren't evil, bad designers are

by stew on Sun 10th Feb 2008 15:11 UTC in reply to "Modals aren't evil, bad designers are"

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2005-07-06

Then there's something destructive, don't show modal. Instead, provide and Undo function to revert the destructive operation.

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RE[2]: Modals aren't evil, bad designers are

by Myrd on Mon 11th Feb 2008 04:29 in reply to "RE: Modals aren't evil, bad designers are"

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2006-01-05

Like formatting the hard drive right? Oh wait...

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RE[3]: Modals aren't evil, bad designers are

by stew on Tue 12th Feb 2008 15:23 in reply to "RE[2]: Modals aren't evil, bad designers are"

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2005-07-06

That doesn't need to be modal. The "are you absolutely sure you want to format your hard drive" dialog does not mean that it has to prevent other interaction with the program. (Just because it's a confirmation dialog doesn't mean it's modal.)

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