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I really like the redesign, but fixed headers are driving me nuts. When I read my eyes fix on the top portion of the webpage, when a fixed header is there I fee

I really like the redesign, but fixed headers are driving me nuts. When I read my eyes fix on the top portion of the webpage, when a fixed header is there I feel like I must retrain myself to start reading a little bit below the header. I've noticed I don't mind fixed footers, they are not within my natural reading area.

seanlinehan 14y ago
This is interesting... I always read at the bottom of the page vs. the top of the page. I wonder if the style of fixed border elements really will train us to read more near the center?
untog 14y ago
I wonder why that is- after all, we've gotten used to tab bars, menu bars, etc being fixed at the top of windows.
- scott_s 14y ago
  I think the difference is that those are truly fixed. They never move. "Fixed" top menus on web pages, in my experience, always stutter at least a little bit. I find it distracting.
  - zevyoura 14y ago
    They do? I agree that fixed headers that are repositioned on scroll events shudder noticeably, but when headers have a fixed positioned via CSS I haven't seen this (e.g. Facebook and Twitter's implementations).
sp332 14y ago
My major problem is if I hit the space bar or Page Down button, the first lines of text are hidden behind the banner.
- zevyoura 14y ago
  I wrote a brief comment on this issue (and a proposed solution) a few weeks ago: http://gist.io/4950242 http://gist.io/4950242
ctbeiser 14y ago
Fixed headers are terrible. I once asked a whole room of designers if any of them could think of a single design they liked that used a fixed header, and none could.
- ChrisLTD 14y ago
  I think fixed web site headers are one of those things that looked cool/new/snazzy so they were adopted as a matter of fashion rather than usability. I should go look and see if there are any studies done on them...
greyman 14y ago
Fixed "anything" is driving me nuts. In my opinion nothing fixed should be on the page.

seanlinehan 14y ago

This is interesting... I always read at the bottom of the page vs. the top of the page. I wonder if the style of fixed border elements really will train us to read more near the center?

untog 14y ago

I wonder why that is- after all, we've gotten used to tab bars, menu bars, etc being fixed at the top of windows.

scott_s 14y ago
I think the difference is that those are truly fixed. They never move. "Fixed" top menus on web pages, in my experience, always stutter at least a little bit. I find it distracting.
- zevyoura 14y ago
  They do? I agree that fixed headers that are repositioned on scroll events shudder noticeably, but when headers have a fixed positioned via CSS I haven't seen this (e.g. Facebook and Twitter's implementations).

sp332 14y ago

My major problem is if I hit the space bar or Page Down button, the first lines of text are hidden behind the banner.

zevyoura 14y ago
I wrote a brief comment on this issue (and a proposed solution) a few weeks ago: http://gist.io/4950242 http://gist.io/4950242

ctbeiser 14y ago

Fixed headers are terrible. I once asked a whole room of designers if any of them could think of a single design they liked that used a fixed header, and none could.

ChrisLTD 14y ago
I think fixed web site headers are one of those things that looked cool/new/snazzy so they were adopted as a matter of fashion rather than usability. I should go look and see if there are any studies done on them...

greyman 14y ago

Fixed "anything" is driving me nuts. In my opinion nothing fixed should be on the page.