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by latchkey 5311 days ago
I'm sure that this is a really well implemented piece of code. However, just as a personal preference (this is not a flame or attack, just some feedback), I think a site using this would be a site I'd stop using. I find the dialog really annoying because the effect of blocking user input in order to display some sort of message seems really inhumane to me. There are better ways to do notifications without pushing a big dialog, with some text, in the face of the user.
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That's a theme, try the libnotify one instead.
You could argue though that first impressions matter, so the first example they have set up shouldn't be one that people find so distasteful.

Out of 12 comments on here, 2 are already about disliking the initial "big text box" example.

They should make lib notify the first one, and try to get some additional themes that showcase it. The 3 that are there are pretty simple and two are big annoying textboxes.

Ahh, thanks. Libnotify works really well on mobile Safari. The notification stays pinned to the top right of the browser, even as I pinch-zoom in and out.