Google yesterday announced a new feature in the latest update to its Chrome browser that aims to make the progressive loading of web pages less jumpy and annoying.
The idea behind progressive loading is to allow users to begin consuming web content immediately before the page has fully loaded, but the offscreen loading of pictures and so on can cause unexpected page jumps and push down what's already on screen, making for a frustrating experience, especially on mobile devices. Google's answer to this problem is something called Scroll Anchoring.
Watch on YouTubeSimilar to other features designed to protect our users from bad experiences, starting in version 56 Chrome prevents these unexpected page jumps with a new feature called scroll anchoring. This feature works by locking the scroll position on an on-screen element to keep our users in the same spot even as offscreen content continues to load.
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This is an old trick we've been using for years to generate ad revenue. In fact most apps use this trick. You go to open a feature or play a game and boom, an ad appears and you clicked a link.
[doublepost=1491994257][/doublepost]Does not help much when pages jump every time somebody posts a new comment.