#3 is the one I prefer; it is subtle (compared to #2), offer some
benefits (as Alex said) in terms of screen estate, and, indirectly put
the search bar front and center, as it should be.
I wonder if there should be an 'up' button to hide the top bar even when
you are looking at the top part of the page; but the autoscroll does
what I'd like already, so that probably asking for troubles.
One nit (on #3) - it seems like if you start typing on the search box
and some suggestions show up, the top bar doesn't show up, even if you
reach the top of the page. Probably that's deliberate, mostly asking.
(tested on Ubuntu 18.04/Firefox)
Maurizio
On 09/10/2019 19:33, Alex Buckley wrote:
On 10/9/2019 10:29 AM, Hannes Wallnöfer wrote:
The feedback we are looking for:
- What do you prefer for scrolling up and down a page? Do you find
the moving parts useful or distracting?
I find the motion of the top blue bar and search box distracting at
the first scroll, but only in the most minor way.
I find the universal visibility of the search box to be very helpful
and useful in #1 and #3.
I appreciate the extra screen real estate I get with #3 when the top
blue bar is gone. (What about in #2? See below.)
People should remember that the search bar often contains overview
information of its own -- not on the top-level javadoc page, but on
module and class pages. Having that always visible is very useful on
module and class pages. It would be even more useful if the "SUMMARY:"
part on a class page had a "DESCRIPTION" link to get you back to the
top, like the "SUMMARY:" part on a module page has.
- Which version is best for navigating to an anchor within a page
(e.g. member search or internal links)?
I think #2 has a serious problem. If you scroll, and then hit any key,
then the search box grabs focus -- this is useful on the many
occasions when you want to search, but it means that keyboard
shortcuts such as Ctrl-C are pre-empted. Specifically, if I select
text anywhere on the javadoc page with the mouse, then press Ctrl-C, I
see focus jump to the search box; if I then switch to another program
to paste in the copied text (to quote it in an email, say), then I
find the clipboard is empty, nothing was copied, Ctrl-C was
pre-empted. For this reason, I disregard #2.
- Do you experience any technical problems with your particular browser?
No, everything worked as you described. Firefox 60 on Windows 10.
Alex
