Extra FutureLike most web trends intended to increase “engagement” (nobody knows what this actually means), sticky bars are overused and poorly used. [Kill ’em all with this bookmarklet.][link]
[link]: https://alisdair.mcdiarmid.org/kill-sticky-headers/ “Kill sticky headers”
[A follow-up interview with .net Magazine:][link]
>If we don’t focus on the content the reader came for – if we continue to bombard and bamboozle our users with cluttered interfaces that satisfy stakeholder committees but frustrate the people who actually want to use our sites – our users will retaliate by removing our designs altogether. It’s the web.
[Previously][prev].
[link]: http://www.netmagazine.com/interviews/jeffrey-zeldman-his-web-design-manifesto-2012 “Jeffrey Zeldman on his Web Design Manifesto 2012 | Interview | .net magazine”
[prev]: http://extrafuture.com/2012/05/18/jeffrey-zeldmans-web-design-manifesto-2012/ “Jeffrey Zeldman’s Web Design Manifesto 2012”
[In a post full of quote worthy paragraphs][link], he makes the case for bigger type, layouts that don’t train users to ignore ads, and what it used to mean to have a “personal site.”
I like it. It’s very Zeldman, but more than that, it’s *interesting*.
[link]: http://www.zeldman.com/2012/05/18/web-design-manifesto-2012/ “Web Design Manifesto 2012 – Jeffrey Zeldman Presents The Daily Report”
Since I find myself sometimes needing one, I decided to create a fresh, clean, screenshot of a Safari window at 1024×768, with an optional layer showing a 960-wide box, centered. I’ve removed any extras or plugins from the window.
*Update:* Extranaut [Alistair Morton][al] upgraded my version by making all of the text editable in Photoshop. The version for download has been updated accordingly. Thanks, Al!
[al]: https://twitter.com/brundle_fly “Alistair Morton”
[Here’s the PSD (74kb, zipped)][zip].
[zip]: http://extrafuture.s3.amazonaws.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Safari-1024×768.psd_1.zip “1024×768 PSD”