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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by sethherr on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @02:19AM (#33004793)
I mostly spend time on sites that I use multiple times a day. I prefer that those sites are designed for people who use them multiple times a day, not for people who visit once, from HN.

This might be targeting a minority of users - it’s design for power users. I’d expect HN to be supportive of this sort of design.

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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by 2malaq on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @04:06AM (#33005423)
> This might be targeting a minority of users - it’s design for power users. I’d expect HN to be supportive of this sort of design.

You'd expect.. But please listen.

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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by unionpivo on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @09:19AM (#33007556)
If I am on my pc with a mouse getting to top is either a click or button combo away, so this popping up stuff is a net loss.

Its even worse on the phones where you sometimes get header plus some commercial and maybe a cookie banner, interacting with each other trying to figure out how to close them in order is a puzzle.

There have been maybe 1 or 2 sites out of all that i have visited, that I didn't immediately hate the banner.

To me it become a "site smell". So if I have an option I'll go elsewhere for my needs.

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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by birksherty on Thursday September 29, 2022 @05:53AM (#33018355)
Nobody likes it except developers of these annoyances themselves. It's not power, it's toxic annoying dickbar.
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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by omgmajk on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @03:47AM (#33005277)
Why would HN be supportive of this toxic attitude towards users?
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Re:Kill-sticky, a bookmarklet to remove sticky elements and ... by klibertp on Wednesday September 28, 2022 @08:51AM (#33007293)
What's wrong with a small ▾ icon you could tap to bring up the menu? Then tap again to hide it? Crucially, without changing what content's scrollTop with either action? I'd expect (haha) power-users to be capable of tapping on an indicator to bring up (or down) the menu...
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