Stop Firefox jumping around when images load?

Ziggy · 10 Dec 2009 at 00:31

Is there a way to stop Firefox from jumping all over the page as images load, e.g. in the random image thread? Annoys me.

hideki · 10 Dec 2009 at 00:39

i think ie solves this particular problem by using 'show image download placeholders'. not sure if firefox has that option

Edit: actually i think ff may show them by default, so i guess that wont do it

Pho · 10 Dec 2009 at 00:53

I doubt it's possible. Firefox, or any browser, won't know the size of the image before it's loaded - unless the height/width is specified by the page including the image (which won't happen in the random image thread as the

Ziggy · 10 Dec 2009 at 00:59

Can't it just lock onto the bit of the page you're looking at and let the page expand around that?

Mattus · 10 Dec 2009 at 01:20

Ziggy said:
Can't it just lock onto the bit of the page you're looking at and let the page expand around that?

This is a feature I've always wanted. The last time this came up, someone pointed out that it'd get complicated with multi-column layouts, but there must be some way round it!

gillywibble · 10 Dec 2009 at 14:07

Ziggy said:
Can't it just lock onto the bit of the page you're looking at and let the page expand around that?

If only.

feriso · 10 Dec 2009 at 14:32

Yeah, I'd like this as well : it gets my wick when it jumps about.

Guest2 · 10 Dec 2009 at 15:08

Same, annoys the hell out of me. I end up hitting the stop button and looking at the image i want, then leaving it to jump around a bit more.

I do the same with ebay and a few other pages