I admit that 30-50% is arbitrary and shouldn’t be brought up like a fact, I have removed it. (I didn’t mean to have such a strong tone there, but I did) What I really want to say is that the default location for the target text to be somewhere closer to the middle/wherever most people usually put their eyes on. (Perhaps exactly the height where you clicked the in-page redirect?)
I still stand by that it should not be exactly at the top for ease of reading (I hope this doesn’t sound too motte-and-bailey). The reason that it is redirected to the top is probably because it is a very objective location and wouldn’t get affected by device size. But it is very much not a standard location where the current line of text you are reading will be. I am willing to bet that <3% of people read articles where they scroll their currently reading line up to the top three visible lines.
I admit that 30-50% is arbitrary and shouldn’t be brought up like a fact, I have removed it. (I didn’t mean to have such a strong tone there, but I did) What I really want to say is that the default location for the target text to be somewhere closer to the middle/wherever most people usually put their eyes on. (Perhaps exactly the height where you clicked the in-page redirect?)
I still stand by that it should not be exactly at the top for ease of reading (I hope this doesn’t sound too motte-and-bailey). The reason that it is redirected to the top is probably because it is a very objective location and wouldn’t get affected by device size. But it is very much not a standard location where the current line of text you are reading will be. I am willing to bet that <3% of people read articles where they scroll their currently reading line up to the top three visible lines.