Make page scroll before onload

[Chris]

Currently, the page scrolls once onload finishes.  Unfortunately, this includes the ads.  Meaning, I've started reading the page, scroll down, and it then moves again.  This is quite irritating.  I don't want it moving once I've moved... especially when, on average, it takes 6.5+ seconds to load a page with ads.  (And trust me, it isn't my internet connection that's the issue.)

[RedBassett]

Highly agreed. This has been a major issue for me, again on very good connections.

[Maiden]

I find this annoying when loading threads but actually quite useful when you've posted and don't want to be put back at the bottom with the reply you've just done. There's usually enough time to click and move on

It does make the whole experience a little painful though so I think this feature request is a good idea ^^

[Martyn Dale]

There was a problem ad network which was exasperating this issue which we have had disabled.

That said, we are also planning on making changes to how the jumps work. The intent of waiting until after onload occurred was so images loading in posts, didnt result in the jump being out of place (Since the way they typically work, is to jump as soon as the element loads, meaning as images load, your content could move leaving your screen in the wrong place)

Of course as you have noted, this current system isnt ideal either

[Chris]

Jan 11, 2013 9:27:33 GMT -8 Martyn Dale said:

There was a problem ad network which was exasperating this issue which we have had disabled.

That said, we are also planning on making changes to how the jumps work. The intent of waiting until after onload occurred was so images loading in posts, didnt result in the jump being out of place (Since the way they typically work, is to jump as soon as the element loads, meaning as images load, your content could move leaving your screen in the wrong place)

Of course as you have noted, this current system isnt ideal either

api.jquery.com/load-event/

Why not just assign load to #wrapper, which doesn't include ads?  From what I just read above, that will solve at least the problem of waiting on ads networks.  (All images above the #wrapper should be cached anyways.)

[Martyn Dale]

I was referring to images in peoples posts, such as their signatures, or images they are choosing to display in a post

[Chris]

Jan 11, 2013 9:37:37 GMT -8 Martyn Dale said:

I was referring to images in peoples posts, such as their signatures, or images they are choosing to display in a post

Right.  And if I read that jquery api page correctly, this waits for the images in the posts to load (since they're inside #wrapper), and then would call the jump method.... again, if I read it correctly.

[Martyn Dale]

Ill throw that to the devs involved. This may already be something they were already considering. I just know the "bug" is on the list haha