delayed image display or loading?
This has probably been answered somewhere, but my search terms aren't finding it, only a lot of problems I don't have. I'm not even sure my description makes technical sense.
I think this has only been happening since a recent firefox update, in the past week. I wouldn't swear on my life that it's so.
Images on some pages (blog pages have intruded themselves most on my notice, possibly because I read blogs differently from other content, or because they're especially large image heavy) are either loaded or displayed only when I scroll to them. Two undesirable results: one, there's distracting motion on the screen, and jumping of the displayed text, which also means that when I scroll, the page often leaps to a different place from that I thought I'd scrolled to; two, if I happen to click on a link as the page jumps, I can end up clicking on something else entirely.
Mostly, though, the visual shiver as an image where I've just scrolled loads/displays is making me want to poke my eyeballs out.
Help would be hugely appreciated.
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Sorry for the delay, I hope you still have eyeballs.
Firefox 13 turned on "smooth scrolling" which doesn't always work well on all pages and could be responsible for jitter. You could try turning it off here (about halfway down):
orange Firefox button or classic Tools menu > Options > Advanced > General
With respect to deferred loading, there are some sites that are coded to avoid loading images or other external content until you scroll down. You may be able to "force" loading using an add-on or script. (For example, this subject came up on the userscripts.org site, where people post scripts for use with the Greasemonkey add-on: Load full page without scrolling?)
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Vald lösning
Sorry for the delay, I hope you still have eyeballs.
Firefox 13 turned on "smooth scrolling" which doesn't always work well on all pages and could be responsible for jitter. You could try turning it off here (about halfway down):
orange Firefox button or classic Tools menu > Options > Advanced > General
With respect to deferred loading, there are some sites that are coded to avoid loading images or other external content until you scroll down. You may be able to "force" loading using an add-on or script. (For example, this subject came up on the userscripts.org site, where people post scripts for use with the Greasemonkey add-on: Load full page without scrolling?)
Thank you!! Delay when you're doing random internet strangers a favour is entirely unexceptionable. 8-)
Yes, I still have eyeballs. Newtonian experiments in optics have been indefinitely postponed.
On a quick test, I'm already seeing results from turning off smooth scrolling: it's remarkable how often solving one problem leads to another. Bless the Firefox developers for letting us turn things on and off so easily.
Greasemonkey is beyond my current competence or fear level, so I'll save that for the time being. Just knowing there is an answer if needed helps surprisingly.
Thanks again!