Hi team;
Are popup dialogs a good thing as far as web application usability is concerned? i know they break the back button. Are they worth using or should they be used only when you cant avoid?
regards. Josh
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You may not count this as the answer you wanted, but I have used CSS dialog popups with great effect in some of my web apps.
See here: CSS Message Boxes with Different Types
neildeadman
2010-09-25 10:01:10
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With the arrival of Web 2.0, it is better to use dialog boxes like jQuery UI
Amirouche Douda
2010-09-25 10:21:30
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If you are talking about window popups then sure they are considered bad usabiltiy practice. A user feels that he is about to view an advertisement and closes it all sudden. Also it doesnt falls into seamless view of site. Popups are sure a distraction we have currently been working on a project where we use Lightbox modalbox from jQuery to avoid usage of popups which have been very well recieved by users. See
http://colorpowered.com/colorbox/ for examples of Lightboxes.
I always like to read http://www.useit.com/alertbox/990530.html for usability concerns.
sushil bharwani
2010-09-25 10:25:42