So now the guardian banner that previously just disappeared out of sight when scrolling down comes back and stays.

It's narrower than the normal one but it still reduces the size of the viewing area. That in itself wouldn't be much of an issue but it significantly lowers the eye-line where one starts to read.
And it moves according to whether one scrolls down or up.

There's also an additional bar with sub categories to click. That moves and is even more of a distraction when scrolling.

I'm on the page I'm on to read it. I'm not on it to have something flashing at me inviting me to move away. I'll navigate to another page when I'm ready to not while this thing is flashing itself at me.

Is the guardian so keen for anyone else looking over my shoulder to know I'm on the guardian website?

Oh, I thought this was going to be about Jeremy Corbyn ..

Just minimize your browser window to only show the text of the story you are reading.

Gotta get the app, Bristol.

But why should I have to change something for one part of one site and then change it back again?

On the previous thread it was said that changes were made to suit use on tablets.

Is this one a change that suits tablets? I just tried minimising. It doesn't change the issue at all. It still jumps around when scrolling. Today there have been photos that one cannot see the top and bottom of at the same time. Just as you scroll and think you're going to see the top, the bottom disappears. If it's a table of figures one cannot see the whole.

I've also discovered that the nice feature that took you straight to a poster's comment they made on the blogs now makes you think it hasn't worked because the banner extends lower down the page and hides it. So, this particular 'enhancement'....how as it improved the app?

The app is just very fluid and pleasant to use. Not that good for comments though. See if you can have a view/try of it at the Apple Store or Best Buy. Since we're talking "user experience" you do need to have a first hand view.

I think the newspapers are slowly forcing readers onto apps - which of course will all eventually be $$. I can't view the Independent site without it becoming laggy, and lately the Telegraph has become infuriating because it keeps wanting to switch out of the article and into the You Tube story.

It may well be but is it even better now than a week ago before this change? I doubt it.

It may not "jump about" but even forgetting that - a bit like tuning to a radio station and just as you're getting to the optimum reception the tuner jumps past it - there's still the matter of the reduced viewing area. On a smaller device one might think that was even more of a nuisance than on a laptop.

If the guardian simply thought it was good to have a new feature - the new bar with the additional tabs on - then just have that. And preferably without it moving with scrolling.

Honestly, imagine having a newspaper or magazine and every time you turn the page and fold it over, the banner from the front page is at the top of every page. And if you fold the paper down to read something in the lower half of the page that banner slips down the paper so it's still visible.

If the technology existed to do that, would they have done it?

Maybe they should add an audio track that announces "Look everybody, I'm reading the guardian newspaper" just so that those unable to see from the next seat on the bus or behind can be made aware of what the reader is viewing.

Exactly why I think these browser quirks are by design rather than genuine faults.