Tried to read a post on their forums and after the post loads, comes this lovely modal. The X to close the modal is quite continently positioned so it is under the top UI of the browser and thus cannot be closed. My respect for this site has just been lost.
I'm going to call that a bug. This is what it looks like for me. I can also tap the space around it to dismiss it.
You’re using Chrome on iOS.
The address bar expands when you scroll up and contracts when you scroll down.
In your screenshot, the address bar is in the expanded state. In this state, it will partially cover page content unless you have scrolled to the very top edge.
This is not deliberate malicious placement on iFixit’s part. You are falsely attributing malice to a coincidental UI behavior in your browser of choice on your mobile platform of choice.
For the type of site that it is, I'm willing to entertain the idea that it's a design mistake where they didn't expect certain smaller screen heights.
I could be wrong but I feel like this is one of those "don't assume malice when stupid suffices" situation, and "stupid" would be a big word
Can you tap that X when you scroll the screen a little? Because it feels like a single scroll down would get you that close button
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