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From: Roger on 13 Feb 2010 11:13 Does anyone else here get tired of loading a web page, starting to read what you want, then as the page continues to load other elements like ads or graphics it jumps all around as it accommodates the newly loading elements, and you have to again (maybe more than twice) scroll around to relocate the text you were trying to read? It seems to me it would be easy to program some stability into the process, in a browser. I'd love if Safari were the first to do so. Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: TaliesinSoft on 13 Feb 2010 11:27 On 2010-02-13 10:13:45 -0600, Roger said: > Does anyone else here get tired of loading a web page, starting to read > what you want, then as the page continues to load other elements like > ads or graphics it jumps all around as it accommodates the newly loading > elements, and you have to again (maybe more than twice) scroll around to > relocate the text you were trying to read? > > It seems to me it would be easy to program some stability into the > process, in a browser. I'd love if Safari were the first to do so. I've long wanted browsers (I'm using Safari) to have the option of not displaying any part of a page until the downloading is complete. I hate what I've dubbed the splip-splap-splop display as the page appears piece by piece. Quite some time ago I posted my wanting in this regard and the responses were mainly negative, people feeling that delaying the presentation would make the browser seem slow. -- James Leo Ryan --- Austin, Texas --- taliesinsoft(a)me.com
From: Roger on 13 Feb 2010 12:16 In article <7to278Fuf1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > On 2010-02-13 10:13:45 -0600, Roger said: > > > Does anyone else here get tired of loading a web page, starting to read > > what you want, then as the page continues to load other elements like > > ads or graphics it jumps all around as it accommodates the newly loading > > elements, and you have to again (maybe more than twice) scroll around to > > relocate the text you were trying to read? > > > > It seems to me it would be easy to program some stability into the > > process, in a browser. I'd love if Safari were the first to do so. > > I've long wanted browsers (I'm using Safari) to have the option of not > displaying any part of a page until the downloading is complete. I hate > what I've dubbed the splip-splap-splop display as the page appears > piece by piece. Quite some time ago I posted my wanting in this regard > and the responses were mainly negative, people feeling that delaying > the presentation would make the browser seem slow. Well I just want it to stay in one place as its loading, instead of jerking all over the place. I'm no programmer, but I get the feeling it'd be do-able. If I scrolled to a spot (or didn't), the browser should assume I did so for a reason. Rog --- news://freenews.netfront.net/ - complaints: news(a)netfront.net ---
From: Steve W. Jackson on 13 Feb 2010 12:45 In article <roger-D2704F.12161413022010(a)freenews.netfront.net>, Roger <roger(a)roger.net> wrote: > In article <7to278Fuf1U1(a)mid.individual.net>, > TaliesinSoft <taliesinsoft(a)me.com> wrote: > > > On 2010-02-13 10:13:45 -0600, Roger said: > > > > > Does anyone else here get tired of loading a web page, starting to read > > > what you want, then as the page continues to load other elements like > > > ads or graphics it jumps all around as it accommodates the newly loading > > > elements, and you have to again (maybe more than twice) scroll around to > > > relocate the text you were trying to read? > > > > > > It seems to me it would be easy to program some stability into the > > > process, in a browser. I'd love if Safari were the first to do so. > > > > I've long wanted browsers (I'm using Safari) to have the option of not > > displaying any part of a page until the downloading is complete. I hate > > what I've dubbed the splip-splap-splop display as the page appears > > piece by piece. Quite some time ago I posted my wanting in this regard > > and the responses were mainly negative, people feeling that delaying > > the presentation would make the browser seem slow. > > Well I just want it to stay in one place as its loading, instead of > jerking all over the place. I'm no programmer, but I get the feeling > it'd be do-able. If I scrolled to a spot (or didn't), the browser > should assume I did so for a reason. > > Rog I'm pretty sure it's only "do-able" if the HTML behind the page knows *all* of the details as to size and placement of every single thing embedded within the page before it ever starts the rendering process. Sadly, that's seldom true. -- Steve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama
From: nospam on 13 Feb 2010 13:12
In article <roger-B30442.11134413022010(a)freenews.netfront.net>, Roger <roger(a)roger.net> wrote: > Does anyone else here get tired of loading a web page, starting to read > what you want, then as the page continues to load other elements like > ads or graphics it jumps all around as it accommodates the newly loading > elements, and you have to again (maybe more than twice) scroll around to > relocate the text you were trying to read? > > It seems to me it would be easy to program some stability into the > process, in a browser. I'd love if Safari were the first to do so. it doesn't always know the size of all the parts until they're actually downloaded, notably images. |