Perhaps the best example of converting an irritating popup into an “unobtrusive”, conveniently placed message is the “Remember Password” dialog of FireFox:
Upto Version 2.x
Version 3.x
It was indeed very irritating to decide whether I want to remember the password or not for some xyz website where I had just one minute of quick work to be done. Good UI always deserves applause. After all, for most users, the UI is the Application. Thanks FF!
October 1st, 2008 at 3:50 pm
I second it. Just that Firefox thought ahead of you perhaps