What are pop-ups?

Pop-ups are notification windows that are used to inform or persuade a user to do something. Pop-ups can be useful to users or cause them inconvenience. The sudden presence of pop-ups for advertising can cause inconvenience to users. Most pop-up notification windows are used to persuade users to advertise, but websites are not the only place to use pop-ups. Pop-ups can also be used in mobile applications to inform users or encourage them to do something.

What are the types of pop-ups and what are they used for?

There are different types of pop-ups and they can be used in different places according to their type. The types of pop-ups and their applications are as follows:

Annoying pop-ups:

Pop-ups are not annoying in themselves, but when they appear suddenly without the user's knowledge and request, they can be annoying to users. Annoying pop-ups can be found not only on sites, but also in some applications and can be used to inform users, not to harass them.

Overlays Pop-ups:

These types of pop-ups are pop-ups that open on the same page but do not cover the entire page. Because these pop-ups open on the same page and take up half or less of the page, they are called Overlays pop-ups. These types of pop-ups can also be used in some applications and cover half of the screen and make suggestions or information to the user.

Modal pop-ups:

These types of pop-ups are pop-ups that open as a box on the same page and of course do not cover the entire page. These types of pop-ups are usually opened at the request of the user. Modals are used to persuade the user to complete the form, register, log in and press the OK button.The feature of these pop-ups that makes them unique is that by opening this type of pop-up, other page activities become locked and impossible, and the use of other pop-ups until the user closes or approves the pop-up box. Lock screen features will be impossible. In other words, the appearance of this type of pop-up causes other parts of the page to be disabled.

Interstitials pop-ups:

These types of pop-ups cover the entire page when the user logs in to the site and cannot access the page content until the user closes the pop-up window, so to access the page content must have a pop-up window Apps are closed by the user. These types of pop-ups are usually closed by pressing the cross button, but sometimes the cross button may not be active and the user will not be able to access the page and content until the pop-ups ask him to do so. In this situation that this type of pop-up causes inconvenience to the user, so it is better not to use this type of pop-up in both sites and applications to increase the level of satisfaction and user experience. 

Read more on:https://www.dotnek.com/Blog/Apps/create-pop-ups-in-xamarinforms-for-windows

link:https://dotnek.mystrikingly.com/

Related link:DotNek Programovanie pre Android