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Fixed headers
Raised as a usability problem by 6 people on Hacker News over 7 years (2013–2019), in 6 threads.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads this year.
No issue was raised by at least 3 people in 3 threads in the last 5 years.
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Large sticky headers obscure reading position when scrollingUnreviewed
20132026- Fixed headers on websites are annoying to the reader2019-06-11
- Fixed headers and banners stay on screen and take up space while scrolling2017-07-13
- Large sticky headers obscure the reading position when scrolling down2014-02-02
Unreviewed issues were grouped by machine: Claude Haiku labelled each comment as a usability complaint, named what it's about and summed up the problem in a line, and a small model grouped similar problems. Nobody has checked them by hand. Expect mistakes.
The newest 6 complaints
- Fixed headers on websites are annoying to the reader2019-06-11
- Fixed headers and banners stay on screen and take up space while scrolling2017-07-13
- Fixed menus clutter articles and block reading, so the author removes them manually2015-01-05
- Fixed bars scroll laggily and cause other UI bugs on mobile2014-05-26
- Large sticky headers obscure the reading position when scrolling down2014-02-02
- Fixed header hides text when paging down through content2013-09-12