Jumpy Web Pages and AJAX
Posted in Tech
on April 28th, 2011 by
Stephen DeGrace
Topics:
AJAX,
Web Design
Go to www.cbc.ca/news - one of the things you will notice is that after the page loads, AJAX elements are continuously loading which causes bits of the page to jump around. This can result in you clicking on a link you didn't intend as the page jumps around under your cursor if you are not content to wait for all the AJAX to load, and in attempts to scroll the page being very choppy and unpleasant. I'm only using CBC as an example - a lot of AJAX heavy pages do this. I submit that this is an example of bad use of AJAX and bad design overall, as it irritates the user and makes a worse user experience. Proposed rule: When using AJAX to load content into a web page, reserve room for that content in the page's CSS and do not allow it to shove bits of the page around as it loads unless you have a damn good reason to.
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