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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: 0.208s | 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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Kiro ◴[06 Jan 25 09:08 UTC] No.42608970[source]▶
Any examples? Searching for "flapping bar" didn't yield anything.
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Mordisquitos ◴[06 Jan 25 09:26 UTC] No.42609049[source]▶
The articles on medium.com are common culprits.
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Kiro ◴[06 Jan 25 09:40 UTC] No.42609105[source]▶
Hm, is that really the same thing? It's not doing the "it flaps every time I adjust my overscroll by pulling back, and it covers the text I was trying to adjust".
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1. Mordisquitos ◴[06 Jan 25 10:40 UTC] No.42609420[source]▶
It may not be such an egregious example as what GP comment was referring to, but it was the first thing that came to my mind. Maybe the Medium UI has improved somewhat since I was last annoyed by this.