Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#1

Post by mopedDreams » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 6:19 PM UTC

I'm no webdev, but there must be a better way of implementing the banner for the Guardian website.

Clicking on a story and then scrolling down causes the page to jump as the banner shrinks itself, and the first couple of sentences can be unreadable.

Is this kind of thing ok? I just can't believe that this has been allowed to exist for so long on such a prominent website.

How could this be implemented better?

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#2

Post by mopedDreams » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 6:23 PM UTC

Example: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/jul/24/barack-obama-...

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#3

Post by J_Darnley » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:22 PM UTC

Here's your fix: turn off javascript.

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#4

Post by theaccordance » Fri, Jul 24, 2015, 8:32 PM UTC

I'd suggest one of two things:

1. Contact The Guardian and share the issue with them

2. Forget about it, and delete this Ask HN post.

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#5

Post by chris_j » Sat, Jul 25, 2015, 10:41 AM UTC

I emailed a link to this post to a friend who works at The Guardian.

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#6

Post by johnduffell » Sat, Jul 25, 2015, 12:36 PM UTC

It's because of your ad blocker messing with the css

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#7

Post by chris_j » Sat, Jul 25, 2015, 1:32 PM UTC

Do you use an ad blocker? My friend at The Guardian (whose HN account is new so you might not see his reply) reckons this could be caused by an as blocker messing with the CSS.

Re: Ask HN: Won't somebody fix the Guardian banner

#8

Post by chris_j » Sat, Jul 25, 2015, 1:32 PM UTC

Do you use an ad blocker? My friend at The Guardian (whose HN account is new so you might not see his reply) reckons this could be caused by an as blocker messing with the CSS.