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Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator

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Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator

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This is pretty funny, but God do I hate back to the top buttons.

I'm reading a story on a page with a back to the top button. I get distracted in real life and change the grip on my phone. I look back at my phone to continue reading and I'm at the top of the page. Now I have to find where I was again.

I've probably lost more time from accidentally hitting the back to the top button than the button has saved me time. This has made me paranoid about those buttons and I definitely prefer sites not to have them. Sometimes I switch to desktop mode on my phone just so I don't have that button on the screen.

Re: Elevator.js – A “back to top” button that behaves like a real elevator

#10
post #9

This is pretty funny, but God do I hate back to the top buttons. I'm reading a story on a page with a back to the top button. I get distracted in real life and change the grip on my phone. I look back at my phone to continue reading and I'm at the top of the page. Now I have to find where I was again. I've probably lost more time from accidentally hitting the back to the top button than the button has saved me time.…

I really hate them on iOS, because the system comes with back-to-top functionality so all these buttons are doing are looking ugly and covering part of the page. And don’t even get me started on when AMP breaks scrolling…
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