Comment 6 for bug 1376763

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Jonas G. Drange (jonas-drange) wrote : Re: [Bug 1376763] [NEW] Dialog doesn't take the contents size into consideration

On Thursday, 2 October 2014, Tim Peeters <email address hidden> wrote:

> Question for design, in this use case, is the dialog what we want to
> use? Another option is to push a new Page on the PageStack.
>
I should not answer this, but I'd like to speculate. :)

If you put content in a Dialog, you can force the user to make an action
before continuing. The page stack pattern is associated with a back button
which may not fit the narrative.

"You need to enter a password [complete] [cancel action]"

An action to go back is a bit unclear in this case.