Can we get rid of the "switch to precise" popup?

Gregory Lawhorn
Gregory Lawhorn Member Posts: 986 ✭✭✭
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See the image below. I don't see a toggle in the settings to change it. It's getting to be a nuisance. Please either (a) disable the popup after the first few searches, or (b) allow users to show it or not.

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  • Aaron Hamilton
    Aaron Hamilton Member, MVP Posts: 1,630

    I agree this needs to be looked at eventually. This pop-up blocks the first result for about 7 seconds, which seems too long. I understand that the first few times such a long display is helpful, but after awhile it becomes obnoxious.

    The pop-up does help to prevent confusion, as one might not always anticipate or immediately realize the switch to Precise search. But I would prefer a display of 3 seconds over 7.

  • DMB
    DMB Member Posts: 14,397 ✭✭✭✭
    edited March 12

    I don't have that specific problem, but 'seems to me' users need a hint of what the app did on its own … just not popups. I get the same tiresome popup on web-off … 'yes, I know' … 'you told me just minutes ago'.

    I'd of put in a small-font notification space in the design. They do that elsewhere (although to be honest, ios18 delivers a massive black panel 'you're not on the web!' for Safari, where previously it was the tiresome popup).

    "If myth is ideology in narrative form, then scholarship is myth with footnotes." B. Lincolm 1999.

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