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It's not a feature, but I like websites without sticky headers or footers. I hate seeing it on mobile, but I don't like it even on desktop.

The worst is the sticky side button overlapping the main content. A few years ago, I sometimes saw "share on social media" buttons obscuring the article, and that was so annoying.

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I use the top of the page to track where I am reading.

When a header is hidden on scrolldown, and shown on scrollup, that breaks a core feature that I was actively using.

To make matters worse, scroll direction is incredibly finicky on mobile, so I can't even consistently decide whether your ridiculous header is shown or not.

I think that is a good default. A small number of sites seem to execute sticky elements that help with long content, but only add it if you are going to test it.

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