Perfect little tool I’ve been using but I completely forgot.
I make it a Shortcut out of it: https://www.icloud.com/shortcuts/8aa788a3acc747169a6d80191a0...
A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
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Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#72The whole entire internet is broken. Specifically what I mean is HTML is flawed. It should never have been a presentation format. It should've always been a DATA format, like JSON, or XML, from day one. The browser itself would then be able to display information (pages) in whatever style, colors, and format it wants. Probably 99.999% of developers agree with this, but we're stuck in a RUT it seems. I know what I'm s…
Almost nobody wants that though.
Content providers want control over presentation.
Users want pretty sites.
None of this is unique to the web. It's the same reason every magazine has its own attractive layout and formatting, instead of just being a long manuscript in Courier.
I like the fact that different sites have different typography. It's an identity that tells me where I am.
I understand the appeal of "pure information" without any visual variation ever, but I think that for most people, variety is the spice of life, no?
I wouldn't want every site to look the same, for the same reason I wouldn't want everyone to dress like clones. Visual self-expression is part of what it is to be alive.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#73Bookmarklet aficionado and maintainer of bookmarkl.ink here. Took the liberty of posting this bookmarklet: https://bookmarkl.ink/ashtonmeuser/849a972686e1505093c6d4fc5...
I love this project! I used to use a lot of bookmarklets, but lost a lot of them and couldn't find all I used to use. Is it possible for you to create a directory or listing for all the hosted bookmarklets, but that might need curation too.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#74Is there a way to get this working on Firefox Android?
The bluesky sticky header is annoying, and I haven't seen a way to just switch it off.
EDIT: solved: drag kill sticky to bookmarks on desktop browser, then access bookmark from sync'd Firefox on Android.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#75Dont hate me, but I would like to have the opposite functionality Just for mobile, where it is very annoying on long pages (Laravel Docs for example) to scroll up just to get the menue button.
Here you go: javascript:(function(){window.scrollTo({top:0,behavior:'smooth'});})();
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#76I still use this daily.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#77Anecdote: I was in charge of a complete rebuild for an e-commerce website a few years back, which included a new design. We were debating various layout options, as it was tricky to get the information hierarchy right and show everything necessary even on smaller screens. Then we had an internal review and the CEO complicated things considerably by insisting it was very important that the header be sticky --- to ensu…
It continues to amaze me how many companies believe that customer care about their brand. The brands people care the most about are yet those they actively attempt to avoid, or those who doesn't need to constantly remind people of their existence.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#78The whole entire internet is broken. Specifically what I mean is HTML is flawed. It should never have been a presentation format. It should've always been a DATA format, like JSON, or XML, from day one. The browser itself would then be able to display information (pages) in whatever style, colors, and format it wants. Probably 99.999% of developers agree with this, but we're stuck in a RUT it seems. I know what I'm s…
Almost nobody wants that though. Content providers want control over presentation. Users want pretty sites. None of this is unique to the web. It's the same reason every magazine has its own attractive layout and formatting, instead of just being a long manuscript in Courier. I like the fact that different sites have different typography. It's an identity that tells me where I am. I understand the appeal of "pure inf…
> I like the fact that different sites have different typography. It's an identity that tells me where I am.
While I do get that and to some extend agree, what we get is light grey on white, skinny fonts and illegible pages. It's one of those things that are awesome when they work, but it's so hard to get right and very few people/teams are able to do it.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#79The whole entire internet is broken. Specifically what I mean is HTML is flawed. It should never have been a presentation format. It should've always been a DATA format, like JSON, or XML, from day one. The browser itself would then be able to display information (pages) in whatever style, colors, and format it wants. Probably 99.999% of developers agree with this, but we're stuck in a RUT it seems. I know what I'm s…
It's already been solved and it's called reader view.
Re: A bookmarklet to kill sticky headers (2013)
#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
Almost nobody wants that though. Content providers want control over presentation. Users want pretty sites. None of this is unique to the web. It's the same reason every magazine has its own attractive layout and formatting, instead of just being a long manuscript in Courier. I like the fact that different sites have different typography. It's an identity that tells me where I am. I understand the appeal of "pure inf…
> I like the fact that different sites have different typography. It's an identity that tells me where I am. While I do get that and to some extend agree, what we get is light grey on white, skinny fonts and illegible pages. It's one of those things that are awesome when they work, but it's so hard to get right and very few people/teams are able to do it.
That's a good point.
Professionally produced content is generally fine, as long as you've got an adblocker.
The design decisions some personal blogs make can occasionally be horrific though.
Still, I'd rather let people express themselves and make mistakes and learn from the experience, I think.