[null_ptr]

How about no more scroll jank by just delivering plain useful content without the anti-usability bells and whistles? Even the cheapest hardware out there today is able to provide a nice user experience, and in answer to that we invent new ways to make everything bloated and choppy.

[gavinpc]

While I completely agree with your principle, I find myself interested in shimming the not-yet-standard "sticky" positioning, which is in draft specifications and available in bleeding-edge [0]. Depending on how many items use it, you would have to write your scroll handlers carefully.

In cases where this would really improve usability, I consider it an exception to my general antipathy towards "bells and whistles", since it will be native before too long.

[0] https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/position

[mmahemoff]

Your comment fits the general pattern of "I want to keep it simple but if I could just do X" which is entirely valid from a UX perspective and the reason why any generalised janky buster is a good step forward (assuming it does the job, and with minimial overhead).

[i_am_ralpht]

sticky isn't expected to change much, and ships prefixed (and with accelerated compositing) in iOS 7.

[madeofpalk]

But it remains unavailable in Google Chrome and they don't plan on implementing it until it hits the standards board.

[huhtenberg]

How about understanding that presentation matters. In fact, in the marketing domain presentation frequently is the content.

One man's anti-usability bells and whistles is another person's essential user engagement element that shapes the perception of the product. You try and sell MBP in Courier New/13px at 100% width and we'll laugh it off as the most idiotic idea ever. And that's not even getting into derivatives like website design galleries that generate a lot of viral awareness, but won't even look at sites without a UX gimmick.