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by myfonj 768 days ago
Yes, it was clarified in a Twitter thread [1].

As I understand the line of thought around modals there it is: If it has to be declaratively opened modal on each page visit, blocking other content, it should better be an extra page anyway. (The fact it is made possible imperatively with JS is considered "necessary evil" as I understand it.) The same presumably applies for popover; default-open popover could probably make sense in application that uses JS anyway, not a static document. (?)

Nuances of distinction between popover and non-modal dialog I have to explore.

[1] https://twitter.com/myfonj/status/1789238215771037836