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Mobile exit-intent triggers: beyond the desktop cursor trick

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from DEV Community ·

Standard exit-intent scripts only detect mouse movement, failing on mobile where over half of traffic may come from. A developer shares a JavaScript helper that uses fast upward scroll or inactivity on touch devices. The approach fires once and avoids annoying users with premature overlays.

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Practical fix for a common oversight, but exit-intent overlays themselves remain a user-experience trade-off that many visitors dislike.
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