GitHub's Fixed Header
Dev tools
browser extension
SHOW HN2016
How HN took it
1 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 11 critical, out of 18 comments about the project. Thread score -0.50.
Design: 0 for, 5 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 0 for, 3 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for those who like fixed headers, e.g. for search and top links on GitHub
From 1 comment
Mmm, I'm one that dislikes fixed position headers as they and take up space most times without providing much added value, but perhaps for some that Github more frequently it…
Springtime on HN
Objections
Fixed headers take up vertical space and are often a bad idea
From 2 comments
I'm sorry, but fixed headers are almost always a bad idea, because it make assumptions about the clients that may not be valid. The assumption is that the client has the vertical…
mrweasel on HNMmm, I'm one that dislikes fixed position headers as they and take up space most times without providing much added value, but perhaps for some that Github more frequently it…
Springtime on HN
Not actually accessibility; it is user experience
From 2 comments
Does this help the disabled? If not, it's 'user experience', not accessibility. > Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people…
samdoidge on HN(nitpick) This isn't accessibility. It's not related to helping the blind/crippled/etc.
sergiotapia on HN
Zooming and iOS input focus break fixed headers
From 2 comments
One other major failing is zooming nearly always breaks fixed headers.
AlphaSite on HNBetter accessibility? Just to note that position fixed with an input element receiving focus will break on iOS. Its a long-standing bug with very few work-arounds. (that said, I…
nness on HN
Requests
Firefox equivalent of the extension
From 1 comment
This seems wonderful, especially for mobile. A quick search of AMO and google doesn't turn up anything similar for Firefox. Anyone know of a similar Firefox extension?
coldpie on HN
Questions
Does this help disabled users?
From 1 comment
Does this help the disabled? If not, it's 'user experience', not accessibility. > Accessibility refers to the design of products, devices, services, or environments for people…
samdoidge on HN
Alternatives named
Fix Fixed chrome extension
From 1 comment
And here's a chrome extension that disables static headers, for us who dislike them / low res devices / zoomed pages.…
wingerlang on HN
Sidebar-moving userscript gist
From 1 comment
https://gist.github.com/Jackbennett/0733616c4da282ec8667ff1bcc84221a Here's a version that moves it to the empty sidebars.
Already__Taken on HN
Kill sticky headers bookmarklet/script
From 1 comment
This works too. https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/
WizzleKake on HN