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I wish I could read this but got this[0] guy on mobile with no close button, won't close when you click outside the modal.

0: https://i.postimg.cc/14h3Q9mD/Screenshot-20260219-001356-Chr...

Edit: Nvm, found it. Weird place to put it.

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I see a white X in a blue box to the lower right of the modal. Is it that?

That was it, ok now I feel stupid.

Oh man, I even read all the comments and still couldn't find it when I finally clicked on the image link. Terrible UX.

cc: @apenwarr (tailscale founder), might want to have someone fix this and move the close button to the top right of the modal, not the bottom right.

(Alex from Tailscale here) I've sent this to the web team, we'll take a look first thing in the morning. Sorry y'all had to look at my ugly mug a bit longer than is ideal just now.

You’re not stupid. That’s terrible UX. The button is completely disconnected from its modal, and is placed in a bizarre/nonstandard location.

It's placed like one of those chat services on sites. Which we've been trained to ignore.

Sounds like a bug in their css layout related to the smaller screen size

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