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Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#11

Post by micampe »

JamisonM wrote: post #6

The thing about this is that there is, as far as I can tell, no good solution for the fact that it can take a long, long time to return to the top of a page with a lot of text on a mobile device. If I read 3/4 of a lengthy story on my phone and I want to navigate somewhere else on the same website my only practical option is to revisit the main page of the site and start navigating from there. Do any mobile browsers…

I don't know what mobile phone you use, but on iOS tapping the status bar scrolls back to the top of the page (or anything else that scrolls in the system).

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#12

Post by xux »

For me, the ideal solution is just get rid of the fixed bar, and have a clickable menu drop down.

I don't want a page to analyze every of my behaviors and try to predict what I want to do. Sometimes I just like to scroll up and down to look for stuff, and I don't want some bar flashing in and out.

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#13

Post by dj-wonk »

dmalik wrote: post #5

I was hoping to read about a usability study done when I clicked the link. I do agree for blogs and articles but for web apps I'm not sold.

Right. Breadcrumbs and/or nav bars on apps are nice.

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#14

Post by farmdawgnation »

micampe wrote: post #11
JamisonM wrote: post #6

The thing about this is that there is, as far as I can tell, no good solution for the fact that it can take a long, long time to return to the top of a page with a lot of text on a mobile device. If I read 3/4 of a lengthy story on my phone and I want to navigate somewhere else on the same website my only practical option is to revisit the main page of the site and start navigating from there. Do any mobile browsers…

I don't know what mobile phone you use, but on iOS tapping the status bar scrolls back to the top of the page (or anything else that scrolls in the system).

Aside: Is there a way to detect that happening in JavaScript? Just thinking that detecting the user doing that and then showing the site's nav bar again would be groovy...

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#15

Post by pera »

I don't get why these bars are being used everywhere, personally I find them annoying. Scrolling up takes like half a second...

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#16

Post by micampe »

farmdawgnation wrote: post #14
micampe wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't know what mobile phone you use, but on iOS tapping the status bar scrolls back to the top of the page (or anything else that scrolls in the system).

Aside: Is there a way to detect that happening in JavaScript? Just thinking that detecting the user doing that and then showing the site's nav bar again would be groovy...

I don't know, but I don't think it's wise to override a system behavior in ways the user doesn't expect. Better just put a button on the page.

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

#18

Post by avel »

dj-wonk wrote: post #10

"Creeper" nav bars (an appropriate term, I think) are partly a consequence of mobile devices not letting you instantly jump to the top of a page. Mobile devices should offer a snappy, intuitive way to jump to the top or bottom of a page.

Opera on mobile had an awesome implementation of "jump to top": You scroll upwards twice or just quickly enough, and if you still have a long way to go, a button pops up for scrolling automatically to the top. I wish this was implemented universally in Android. http://lifehacker.com/5784500/opera-mobile-11-is-a-zippy-bro...

Re: The Scroll Up Bar

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Post by derwildemomo »

xux wrote: post #12

For me, the ideal solution is just get rid of the fixed bar, and have a clickable menu drop down. I don't want a page to analyze every of my behaviors and try to predict what I want to do. Sometimes I just like to scroll up and down to look for stuff, and I don't want some bar flashing in and out.

Well, you must have missed the discussion a few days ago about the evilness of the hamburger button. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7794505

The main argument against using a menu-button is that it hides the contents behind it, which makes them hard to discover and interact with.

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