I just accidentally clicked the “clear all” on the browser URL and wished that it was a bit harder to click but was still there. If it took three clicks to make happen, its still useful in most circumstances but would drastically drop the mistaken clicks
Anyway, what are your unpopular UI opinions?
This is one of my least favorite modern trends — UI shouldn’t go away.
First, even if you’re not actively using the bar, if it contains access to a menu, buttons or title/context of any kind, it should remain glanceable. If you’re going to tap it, you first need to see it, and having to unhide it adds extra effort to every interaction. What’s more, less experienced users may not even remember that the hidden functionality exists. And if I’m scrolling a feed of some kind, in an application with multiple feeds, being able to instantly glance at where I am is useful.
But also, the idea that scrolling the content down a little to make the UI appear makes no sense. I have the content scrolled to where I want it, and scrolling it a little in a particular direction to make more features show up is absurd. The content and UI have nothing to do with each other.