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Web page annoyances that I don't inflict on you

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569 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 05 Jan 25 01:54 UTC | HN request time: 0.21s | source
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wruza ◴[05 Jan 25 06:51 UTC] No.42600212[source]▶
I don't keep a "dick bar" that sticks to the top of the page to remind you which site you're on. Your browser is already doing that for you.

A variation of this is my worst offender, the flapping bar. Not only it takes space, it flaps every time I adjust my overscroll by pulling back, and it covers the text I was trying to adjust. The hysteresis to hide it back is usually too big and that makes you potentially overscroll again.

Special place in hell for those who hide the flap on scroll-up but show it again when the scroll inertia ends, without even pulling back.

Can’t say here what I think about people who do the above, but you can imagine.

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hombre_fatal ◴[05 Jan 25 10:38 UTC] No.42600925[source]▶
Funnily enough for years I would say the general consensus on HN was that it was a thoughtful alternative to having to scroll back to the top, esp back when it was a relatively new gimmick on mobile.

I remember arguing about it on HN back when I was in uni.

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dredmorbius ◴[05 Jan 25 11:43 UTC] No.42601155[source]▶
Most mobile browsers lack a "home" key equivalent (or bury it in a not-always-visible on-screen soft-keyboard). That's among the very few arguments in favour of a "Top" navigation affordance.

I still hate such things, especially when using a desktop browser.

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1. layer8 ◴[06 Jan 25 02:13 UTC] No.42606884[source]▶
On iOS, tapping on the top ”status” area will bring you to the top under any browser. It’s an iOS-wide functionality on any vertically scrolling view. I sometimes miss that on Android, but on the other hand the scroll acceleration is so much faster on Android that you can always scroll to the top quickly.