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I disabled zoom on a web property i own because it played havoc with a `position:fixed` top header. When you zoom in, the top header scales up as well and covers the entire content.


This may not be within your power, but you should consider removing the fixed header instead. They take up precious screen real space on already small devices, usually in the name of branding.


I disagree. People needs to have fixed headers that auto hides on scroll down and auto shows when you start scrolling up.

Due to that low screen real estate there is an extreme amount of scrolling down, whenever you need that header to navigate you end up needing to scroll a long way to the top.

Links from the bottom are easily forgotten about when you're half or 80% of the way through an article. Likewise follow you around widgets are a painful annoyance 100% of the time.


> I disagree. People needs to have fixed headers that auto hides on scroll down and auto shows when you start scrolling up.

I still find that very annoying. Sometimes I have to scroll up and find that damn thing covering part of my screen again.

Fortunately I have a bookmarklet that zaps all the position:fixed elements to static :) It works brilliantly in 99.9% of the cases :)

https://gist.github.com/tripzilch/5656025


Same point as ChrisLTD, but less nice. I don't like your position:fixed top header and will likely avoid your site because of it.




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