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The design is overall asthetically pleasing. I just can't fucking take this trend of fixed bars molesting my vertical resolution and screwing with my habitual b
by babby 13y ago
The design is overall asthetically pleasing. I just can't fucking take this trend of fixed bars molesting my vertical resolution and screwing with my habitual behavior of scanning from the top of the page down as I scroll. This site's top bar on single pages is so edgy that it's not even at the very top (a concept I've at least gotten acclimated to) and manages to blend into the actual article content due to low contrast.
Please just stop doing this, everyone! We do not need a bar following us everywhere by default. As long as it doesn't cause render lag, fixed elements are fine when they're small buttony icons that expand.
At least they've gotten the snap-back right. Some sites, when scrolled to the top, do this awkward infuriating stuttery clip-in nonsense where the scroll position changes as the menu fits back into the content. Just stop.
- Wilduck 13y agoI agree totally. This trend is infuriating. When I have to read an article on the site with a top bar I often go into the developer tools and delete that node from the DOM. There are sites that make even that measure impossible, like gmail, which is even more infuriating. I use a small screen most of the time, and it sometimes seems like the designers of these sites have never looked at their website on a monitor smaller than 30 inches. If it's so important that I be easily able to reach some navigation, put a tiny, unobtrusive, go-to-the-top button in a fixed element off to the side which will pop me back up to the nav bar.
- masterleep 13y agoTotally agree. Fixed position menu bars are ghastly - especially ones that animate in.