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I get to see literally four lines of this article at a time, sandwiched between the largest fixed header and footer I have ever seen on a website. One day some

I get to see literally four lines of this article at a time, sandwiched between the largest fixed header and footer I have ever seen on a website. One day somebody will figure out how to make those things overlap, and they won't have to write any content anymore.

phaker 9y ago
Adding insult to the injury the thumbnails in the footer are 2800px-wide. The web developer used srcset but every resolution links to the largest image. And they're PNGs not JPEGs, despite the url implying otherwise. Together they weigh 19.5MB, >99% of total page size.
theandrewbailey 9y ago
No one ever stopped to realize that they were re-creating the browser toolbar hell.
- zodPod 9y ago
  And now, instead of us having to actively install them, they're just forcing them on us every time we go to a page! The EU and their stupid cookie warning laws don't help either. "Close this footer bar so you can see the next footer bar"
  - Nadya 9y ago
    >The EU and their stupid cookie warning Great in theory! Let people know what cookies are and the privacy implications. Absolutely terrible in practice since any non-trivial site with user accounts will require cookies to use. It's as useful as the peanut warning on a package of peanuts (although at least that exists to save taxpayers money).
    - lozenge 9y ago
      Actually, sites that use cookies purely for necessary parts of the site don't need a cookie warning. Eg an add to cart button.
      - Nadya 9y ago
        There are a few categories of exceptions but again, I'd need to see an example of a non-trivial site that doesn't implement any kind of cookie that requires the warning and also doesn't have the warning "just-in-case". Any site large enough to have anyone with the title that includes "Marketing" on the payroll means they'll be using some form of analytics and will need the warning.
zodPod 9y ago
It's horrible isn't it?! It's insane that companies thing they can just keep abusing our attention!
InitialLastName 9y ago
Let me help you out: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
CaptSpify 9y ago
And that's why I use umatrix with everything off by default, and then I use ublock to filter out all of the other elements aside from the body of the page. It's sad that removing the webdesigner's control is making the web readable again.

phaker 9y ago

Adding insult to the injury the thumbnails in the footer are 2800px-wide. The web developer used srcset but every resolution links to the largest image. And they're PNGs not JPEGs, despite the url implying otherwise. Together they weigh 19.5MB, >99% of total page size.

theandrewbailey 9y ago

No one ever stopped to realize that they were re-creating the browser toolbar hell.

zodPod 9y ago
And now, instead of us having to actively install them, they're just forcing them on us every time we go to a page! The EU and their stupid cookie warning laws don't help either. "Close this footer bar so you can see the next footer bar"
- Nadya 9y ago
  >The EU and their stupid cookie warning Great in theory! Let people know what cookies are and the privacy implications. Absolutely terrible in practice since any non-trivial site with user accounts will require cookies to use. It's as useful as the peanut warning on a package of peanuts (although at least that exists to save taxpayers money).
  - lozenge 9y ago
    Actually, sites that use cookies purely for necessary parts of the site don't need a cookie warning. Eg an add to cart button.
    - Nadya 9y ago
      There are a few categories of exceptions but again, I'd need to see an example of a non-trivial site that doesn't implement any kind of cookie that requires the warning and also doesn't have the warning "just-in-case". Any site large enough to have anyone with the title that includes "Marketing" on the payroll means they'll be using some form of analytics and will need the warning.

zodPod 9y ago

It's horrible isn't it?! It's insane that companies thing they can just keep abusing our attention!

InitialLastName 9y ago

Let me help you out: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/

CaptSpify 9y ago

And that's why I use umatrix with everything off by default, and then I use ublock to filter out all of the other elements aside from the body of the page. It's sad that removing the webdesigner's control is making the web readable again.