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All the reasons you might not need to use a modal!

We use too many damn modals. Let's just not. Help The bad news Modals are the crutch of the inarticulate designer and developer. While there are genuine, good uses for them, many modals are… disruptive, invasive, and confusing used as an interaction junk drawer used too often :) hard to escape poorly accessible a frustrating user experience on small screens blocking the user's interaction with the “parent window” adding to cognitive load with non-essential content or interactions easily replaced with other patterns that are less jarring The good news It doesn’t have to be a…

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