Another computer question

15 years ago

Lately, when on different sites, when I scroll down through the pictures, they seem to separate and jerk, don't show smoothly. Don't know why this is happening, but it's really annoying. any ideas?

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User
15 years ago
Not sure, but when is the last time you did a scan disc check and defrag? That may help. Maybe your computer has too much in it and that slows down the internet. I don't know for sure, but it's all I can think of.
bigack
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15 years ago
Well, we've done those things fairly recently.
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I'd agree that it probably is related to the internet connection, but I won't rush to blame the ISP just yet. It could be what I call a "dirty" connection. Essentially static on the phone line. Has this just started since moving to the new apartment? If so, I'd try a couple things. First, try a different phone jack. Then try a different phone cord. Do you have any noticeable static on your telephone? If so, that's probably it. If not, it could still be an issue, just not enough that you could hear. Another thing to try is to go to another phone jack. Do you have a community room with a phone jack available to try? Phone cords and phone jacks can get corroded, or the tiny wires in there get bent or otherwise damaged. If you don't have another phone cord handy, you could even try switching it around, that is the end that's plugged into the wall - plug that into the computer and vice versa. Another thing to try is unplug all other phones, answering machine, etc and try it. There could be an issue caused by one of them, although I' more apt to think it's related to the phone jack and line in the apartment. Another possibility, is there an alternate dial up number to try? Sometimes that makes a big difference.
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cynic
15 years ago
First couple things that come to mind are that it's a memory issue. Does it do it after you reboot? (Have you rebooted?) The other thought is it could be a slow connection either from the server or on your system.

You could also try a different browser to see if it's a problem with the browser. It could be the page isn't quite compliant with your browser.

This type of thing could have a lot of causes. These are off the top of my head.
kathy_
15 years ago
It could be the way the photos are loaded onto the site. I remember that topic coming up at a horse forum I get on. If they do a quick load without the info about picture size, sometimes the photos jerk when loaded. Not much you can do about that.
jemdandy
15 years ago
The cause might be the speed of your connection. I experienced the same with a slow speed dial-up connection, but see much improvement when I switch to a DSL connection.

What happens: The page has not fully loaded when you attempt to scroll down. The scrolling operation stalls for a bit while the page continues to load. However, a certain number of your scroll-down characters have been cached in the keyboard buffer, and when more of the page is available, the computer suddently acts on the characters in the buffer and the page jumps down.

This phenomonem has become more prevalent as the internet matured over the past 5 years. Way back when slow speed connections were the norm, programmers used care not to load a page with a lot of graphics to aid in the speed of loading the page. or offered an option of "text only" pages. Nowadays, no heed is paid to this and pages have become intensive with content. The view has become, if you have a slow speed connection - tough luck - live with it or upgrade. Snobbery - yes, but there is a ligitiment demand to have pages with lots of content and graphics.
Chemocurl zn5b/6a Indiana
15 years ago
You might try asking over at the Computer Help Forum.

Have you checked your mouse settings?
If XP
Start
Control Panel
Mouse

Sue

Here is a link that might be useful: Computer Help
zeetera
15 years ago
Hard to determine with the limited info but you can check to see if you have Smooth Scrolling enabled. Tools, Internet Options, Advanced, in the Browsing section scroll down and make sure 'Use Smooth Scrolling' is checked.

Other things could be the video card settings, mouse (does Page Down act differently?), the website design, refresh rate, etc.

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