Because this is a more tech focused instance, I thought I'd share that I wrote a bit about permission modals changing in Chrome 63 and how all of the websites that ask for permission on first page view will hopefully change. https://cloudfour.com/thinks/time-to-update-your-permissions-ux/
@grigs I remember this topic coming up at TPAC. Someone from <bigsite> said that they had a really hard time getting users to even *notice* the non-modal permission dialog at the top of the page. Same problem as banner blindness. 😛
@grigs Yeah, I believe it also aligns better with post-Marshmallow Android permissions and iOS permissions, which are modal.
Wonder though if it will lead sites to start doing pre-dialog dialogs, ala https://techcrunch.com/2014/04/04/the-right-way-to-ask-users-for-ios-permissions/
@nolan thanks for that link. i'm writing about notification requests in the chapter I'm working on today.
Or the chapter I should be working on instead of trying Mastodon.
@grigs @nolan but is modality good for users? Users may feel that they "have to" grant permission in order to keep using the site, where before they could do what they wanted, which was to ignore the request altogether. If users start reluctantly clicking accept more than sites feel the alleged pain of denied permission, we could see a race to the bottom. #privacy
@nolan totally. At first, I was dubious because Google's solution feels a bit like using a chainsaw for a surgery and users suffer.
But as I've thought about it more, I've grown to appreciate the elegance of the change. It might be the only way to get authors to change when they ask for permission.