It’s a cop out. Plain and simple. Both bizarre and shocking from a tech giant that should know better…
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That I and every web accessibility professional has a problem with toasts, is an understatement. The numerous ways they fail users, how to get a better UX with toasts, I explained in great detail all the way back in 2020. Looks like GitHub, and with that Microsoft needed another 6 years to reach the same conclusion — toasts as a design and UX component within the technological standards we have today, are problematic. You’d think that a $3.51 trillion company’s obvious next step would be to roll its sleeves up and fix it. But no, GitHub made the cop out decision to just ban toasts altogether.
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A quick recap on toasts, and the GitHub position
Toasts are those little notifications that show up on top, bottom, or side of the screen. Sometimes they can be triggered by a user action, other times they’re automated. Why they show up doesn’t matter one bit, though. It’s more about the where and when they disappear.