Easy to use · Interruptions
On phones, bars and chat bubbles cover your page
Every bar that stays on screen leaves less room for your content, and can hide buttons people need to tap.
- Applies to
- every page
- Typical severity
- medium
- Effect on conversions
- medium
- Effort to fix
- Takes some time
What to look for
On mobile, a fixed header, promo bar, chat bubble and other floating elements together take up a large share of the screen, or overlap content and buttons.
What good looks like
Fixed elements are few and slim, and don't cover content or buttons.
How to fix it
Make the top bar shrink as people scroll, drop promo bars further down, and move the chat bubble off your content.
Based on
- Mobile usability research
- Mobile e-commerce research
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