Thanks for looking into this Walter.
Here’s what I see;
Currently if you profile the scripts on this page (http://artdesign.timplumb.com/nickrobertson6.html) using Safari’s web inspector with script debugging switched on you’ll see that the page waits for these libraries to load before showing any page content;
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If I then move the scripts to the foot of the body so they are the last to load on the page, like this;
I can see that the browser at least has loaded the html and I can see everything other than the images;
The script is still paused (as you can see in the next screen grab) at this point and the images are yet to load but because the html for the page has loaded (included the CSS in the head) we avoid the totally white page while the scripts load. Although this happens almost instantly (certainly here on my broadband connection) I can see how a slower connection would cause the page to flicker as the user moves from page to page.
Walter are you aware of a way to defer these libraries until the page has loaded that would also preserve the required running order so any scripts that require them don’t blow up?
Nick, can you tell me if you see any flickering on the page I manually adjusted?
http://artdesign.timplumb.com/nickrobertson6.html
I think you’ll have to resign yourself to the fact that there will be a slight jump between pages but maybe we can shuffle the code about to minimise any jarring effects.
Thanks,
Tim.
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