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		gspencley on April 24, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter (2018) You're certainly not wrong about the malware / insecure code... But a popup that opens an in-page modal vs a popup that opens a new tab or window are pretty much equivalent from a user experience point of view in my opinion. I don't want either, and neither is less or more evil to me.

bgirard on April 24, 2023 [–]

At least the pop-up windows had a consistent way to close them and you could use keyboard shortcut. Now I have to think about the right way to close each custom popup.

Tommstein on April 26, 2023 | [–]

With the back button, if a random click/tap outside the popup doesn't do it.

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