All I know is the default browser behavior for anchor links within a page has real usability issues when you have anchored headings at the bottom of the page.

You are correct though that there are many cures worse than the disease, but it is a real "disease", so to speak.

> All I know is the default browser behavior for anchor links within a page has real usability issues when you have anchored headings at the bottom of the page.

Yes, you click on the link and the text you were supposed to have jumped to is in the wrong place.

But the "solution" here takes this very problem and expands it to cover the entire sample article instead of just the bottom of the sample article. How is that an improvement?