2024-05-09

Ah, hello, my “is this article helpful?” popup friend, the ugly cousin of all the “please rate this experience” solicitations everyone seems to get. Oh, and I see you’re the super helpful one that covers up the very text I’m trying to read.

A HTML modal over prose with the prompt 'Is this article helpful?' with a 'Yes' and 'No' button

This screenshot is from the Auth0 documentation site and it’s quite the offender. Dismiss it once and it slides in on the next page, catching the eye every time. The only time it slides away is when you reach the bottom, where you’re presented with the same question again below the article body. But scroll back up and it slides back in. So obnoxious!