The literature on form feedback mostly focuses on inform error messages, yet popup alert messages are still prevalent on the web. This study therefore set out to identify the differences between popup alerts and inform messages. A study involving n = 100 participants was designed. The results show only a small significant difference between popup alerts and inform messages in terms of task completion time. Subjective evaluations of the two methods did not reveal any significant preference for either method.
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