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Unrelated to article content: This site's progress bar that correlates to scrolling down on the page is one of the most pleasing 'new' web ideas I've seen in a

Unrelated to article content: This site's progress bar that correlates to scrolling down on the page is one of the most pleasing 'new' web ideas I've seen in awhile. I'm surprised I haven't seen it before. It's unobtrusive, clean, and ideally could provide a nice idea of the length of the article. It would be even better if the bar represented the length of the article instead of the full page which you already derive from the scroll bar.

Nadya 9y ago
The scrollbar of your browser already does this - also it has been done before and was a common trend a few years ago (2014-2015) dictated by the article length rather than an arbitrary length (this one seems to be article + recommended articles below). It was used because on infinite scrolling pages you couldn't tell the length of your next read based on your scrollbar. [0] https://digiday.com/media/designers-hate-article-progress-bar/ https://digiday.com/media/designers-hate-article-progress-ba... [1] https://css-tricks.com/reading-position-indicator/ https://css-tricks.com/reading-position-indicator/ [2] https://www.designernews.co/stories/61326-whats-up-with-all-the-added-progress-bars https://www.designernews.co/stories/61326-whats-up-with-all-...