During the last few weeks, I’ve had problems with my browser (Chrome running in Windows 10) suddenly jumping upward within threads so that I am now looking at a post 20 or 40 places above the post I was trying to read. I will aggravatedly scroll back down to where I was in the thread and start reading again. If it keeps doing this, I get so annoyed I exit the Dope and do something else.
Is anyone else noting this behavior? Would anyone have a suggestion why this is occurring or if there is anything I could do to prevent it?
it happens to me but forward when reading news threads because the news pages are an endless scroll now like discourse is …i think its a chrome thing …
I’ve noted in other threads that it appears to be related to the scrolling avatars. When these were eliminated for a few days last month, scrolling was as smooth as it could be.
Happened to me a few minutes ago. Wish I had paid attention to post numbers – not only did it jump back a number of posts, but when I clicked on “Back” on the scroll bar it took me forward to well past the last post I’d actually read.
When I’m scrolling through a lengthy post, the poster’s avatar follows along on the left, adjacent to the poster’s writings. I guess the purpose is so I don’t have to scroll back up to the top of the post to remember who made the post. I can just look at the avatar, which has thoughtfully followed along down the left side of the post as I read. It would be a nice feature if it didn’t seem related to the jumping thread problem.
Worse, when I add Staff Color to a post as a moderator, the whole column of the thread jumps to the left – except the scrolling avatar, which then scrolls down through the text. It’s super annoying.
My understanding – and I may be wrong – is that Vincent is no longer a supported theme, so if they didn’t fix this for just Vincent, I would understand that and will live with it. But the jumping text issue is across many themes and browsers. I hope they fix that.
I have never seen that behavior. I use an Android phone, an old Mac laptop, and both Windows 10 and 11, and i use chrome, safari, and edge. I don’t use the Vincent theme, though.
Yeah, I’ve never been all that interested in playing around with themes. I can’t even remember the name of the theme I’m using - it was recommended early on in the migration process so I followed the instructions to select it, and I’ve never given it any further thought.
Of course, if I was told that I could make the browser-jumping problem disappear by selecting a different theme, I’d reacquaint myself with the necessary steps just long enough to take care of it.
ETA: I think the theme I’m using is called something like “Sam’s Classic.” But I wouldn’t bet money on it.
A few minutes ago I was catching up on the XKCD, and had gotten as far as post 887 when it suddenly jumped back to post 860 – and then when I clicked on ‘Back’ to go back to 887 it jumped all the way to post 1011.