Emote menu makes rest of the screen darker
In the recent update where GIFs were added to the emote menu on the mobile app, when you open the emote menu, there is a dark filter applied to the rest of the screen (both chat and the stream itself). A dark filter over the chat and stream makes you feel disconnected from the stream, which is the opposite of what a viewer wants to feel when they're using twitch. It makes me not want to open the emote menu.
Additionally, if you want to pause the stream, scroll in chat or do anything outside of the emote menu, the emote menu closes. It didn't used to do that. I prefer the old way, because it made it feel more intuitive and work more like a keyboard than a pop-up menu.
The new emote menu feels like a disconnected part of the viewer experience and is an overall disimprovement in my opinion.
Please remove the dark filter when opening the emote menu when chatting in a stream, and let the emote menu be open when clicking outside of the emote menu when it's open. Thank you.
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