Alternatives to pop-up in JSF

Question

Modal pop-ups feel like ugly work-arounds in web applications. They seem to be hard to manage, can have problems with pop-up blockers, and the modality can create user confusion.

What are alternatives to pop-ups for the 2 following scenarios:

1. A user confirmation (eg. delete confirm)

2. A forced user workflow (eg. user must select an image to continue)

Or if a pop-up is the best UI, is there a good library to supply it for each scenario?

Answer 1

As @unwichtich suggested in the comments, jquery ui provides a good modal dialog with different types of actions required by the user.

Alternatively, you could redirect the user to a page where she has to confirm whatever needs confirming or asking and only let them pass forward.

Answer 2

Since we generally use RichFaces, I can provide you an alternative to pop-ups in rich faces. Use

   <rich:panel>

with appropiate style property to show a pop-up panel..

I am sure a corresponding thing in prime faces should also be present.