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GitHub no longer uses Toasts

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123 points samsolomon | 1 comments | 08 Dec 25 19:58 UTC | HN request time: 0.194s | source
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jollyllama ◴[08 Dec 25 22:17 UTC] No.46198390[source]▶
Modals, toasts. The UX set got very good at coming up with new words for pop-ups.
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1. jfengel ◴[08 Dec 25 22:36 UTC] No.46198597[source]▶
Modals are different from toasts. Modals take over your screen; you go into a separate "mode" for them. Toasts are non-modal; they just take up screen space but you don't have to interact with them.

"Toast" usually implies something that goes away on its own, though that's generally considered bad UX.

It's just jargon. Every field does that. In this case, you can really tell that it's two bits of jargon made up at different times, because one is dry and technical, and the other is a pun on "pop-up".