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New in the past few hours, if I vote to close something I'm given one of those totally nanny pop-ups I really didn't need.

Snapshot of close pop-up

I know my vote has been recorded. It shows in the 'close' tag right under the question I just this very second voted to close.

When flagging a post a similar pop-up is presented: https://i.sstatic.net/euNgU.png

These are as unnecessary as "Objects in mirror are closer than they appear" (see link for my initial incredulity that this was actually a real thing in the US.)

Could we perhaps make such things for newcomers only? For seasoned users they're just a bit much.

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    If you need a picture, feel free to try to close one of mine on here... I can clear that ;-) Also... the snark is kinda drowning out your point. You might want to make things a tad more neutral...
    – Tinkeringbell Mod
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:27
  • @Tinkeringbell - thank you for the offer… unfortunately I'm still considered a newbie on Meta (<3k) & can't actually raise the flag ;)) D'oh! It already seems to be a remarkably unpopular idea, -2 in the first 3 minutes. Maybe I'm misreading the crowd here, I thought they'd all be for streamlining rather than hand-holding.
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:30
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    My bad. I should've known ;) Like I said, it may be the snark. And not having an actual picture probably doesn't help that much either... Perhaps just hold back on posting anything until you have such a screenshot?
    – Tinkeringbell Mod
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:31
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    The popup does close by itself but it takes more then 6 to 8 seconds ...
    – rene Mod
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:33
  • I"ve probably closed the window by then anyway. It's just a "look up here" distraction & by the time I've looked, then realised I already know...
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:34
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    You mean this toast notification, right? It’s just a confirmation and feels better than “nothing” happening. For new users (who recently reached 3k rep) this is definitely better, since they may not be familiar with the “(1)” after the “Close” link appearing. It doesn’t really feel that distracting to me. You learn to ignore it after a while.
    – Sebastian Simon
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:34
  • @SebastianSimon - that's the one. I've seen similar before in other circumstances, but today's the first on a simple vtc on stacks I'm >30k
    – Tetsujin
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:35
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    here is a screencast of the whole duration i.sstatic.net/LbX8l.gif
    – rene Mod
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 19:40
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    @Tetsujin I added the case of flagging as well, as it has the same behaviour. If you rather not have in in your question feel free to roll-back my edit.
    – Luuklag
    Commented Feb 18, 2021 at 21:49
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    This notification has existed for a long time, but previously, it was less visible because the "Your vote has been recorded" appeared under the Close button. The only recent change is that it now appears across the top of the page instead. I think the notification is useful because it's a clear indication that the network request has succeeded (which it sometimes doesn't, if on a poor connection) - but putting it at the top of the page does seem a bit over-the-top.
    – CertainPerformance
    Commented Feb 20, 2021 at 14:14
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    These pale-blue popups are particularly annoying when doing reviews. Each time I flag and answer, or vote to close a question, I now have to make an extra mouse click! Not all the extra gold badges are worth that. 😊 ‎
    – Adrian Mole
    Commented Feb 20, 2021 at 18:36
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    The issue here isn't the fact of being notified that the user's vote was recorded. The issue is that the new method of notification dominates the user's attention and requires them to interact with it, because it blocks other information on the page which the user is looking for, and it doesn't quickly auto-dismiss. The old notification was both effective at informing the user that their vote was recorded and was positioned and timed such that the notification was not annoying to people who had seen it tens of thousands of times.
    – Makyen
    Commented Feb 21, 2021 at 19:05
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    ^^ @Makyen Thank you. It is exactly that. It's now obtrusive and annoying.
    – QHarr
    Commented Feb 21, 2021 at 20:04
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    Totally agree. Give it to <2K users, like with the "consider adding a comment if you think post can be improved" note.
    – Ollie
    Commented Feb 25, 2021 at 15:39
  • @Luuk thanks for the bounty!
    – CodeCaster
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 9:16

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Just undo this change, please!

I navigate on mobile using the top bar, either by clicking the logo to go to the home page, clicking my profile to go back to a post I interacted with earlier, or something else. This popup makes that nearly impossible for like ten seconds:

Mobile view: enter image description here

Full site view: enter image description here

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    Do not edit just for bumping, it's abuse of the edit privilege. You can add something useful, make useful edit, or start a bounty on the question in order to bump it.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 8:19
  • Well I'm still impaired by this on a daily basis, the question was idle for a month, crew hasn't responded and it was not even put under review, I'd thought I'd give it a nudge. I can't start a bounty, and putting a bounty on a question of mine has given it eight (!) views in three days.
    – CodeCaster
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 8:20
  • Why can't you start a bounty? You have 1.6K rep.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 8:26
  • Oh, I see the link now, it's under the comments, not under the Share/Edit/Follow/Flag links. Then again, my own question that I've bountied has gotten three views per day since it's bountied, feels kinda useless.
    – CodeCaster
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 8:45
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    Believe me, I get your feeling and feel the same for years, seeing hundreds of bugs that can be fixed in few moments, yet nobody fix them. But still, we can't just bump all bug reports with empty edit. It is wrong.
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 9:06
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    @Shadow I agree and sorry for the edit. It just grinds my gears immensely that apparently someone at Stack Overflow thought "I know, let's introduce annoying banners!", and not follow up on the annoyances this decision and implementation caused. A couple of times a day I have to snipe for the X on mobile, or hope that my fat finger can press the icon I want between the banner and the top of my browser. All because someone wanted that banner on top. With the usual lack of consistency as well, see the missing period on the second banner? Notice where the X is? Mumbles in old man language.
    – CodeCaster
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 9:12
  • All good, thanks for understanding!
    – Shadow Wizard
    Commented Mar 25, 2021 at 9:17
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As a new user, I don't think we need those pop ups either, please. There could be a much smaller indicator with no text to confirm that your intended action occurred. If you are interacting with the site, it's likely that you have already figured out how the basics work.
Also, if someone is not inclined to leave a comment and they are prompted to by the pop up, I would guess that the comment would be less thoughtful. Just some thoughts.

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