One thing I've noticed with IPS 4 is that there's a lot of "bouncing" often when pages are loading.

Here's an example with the Top Contributors block:

I understand that it's not a bug and it's how things are handled at the moment, so that the Javascript doesn't kick in until the DOM has been loaded, etc., but I think steps should be taken to improve this through CSS.

Other examples are the width of container elements changing from mobile width to full width as the page is loading, etc.

Interesting.... speak of the devil, it appears this has been improved with the 4.0.0 gold release

The Top Contributors block is not bouncing anymore, not even with a hard refresh!

Awesome!

Can I ask a stupid question...what do you mean by bouncing?

That the size of elements change dramatically as the page is loading, or elements disappear while loading.

Ah! That. 

I didn't have a name for it. I would just swear.

Thanks

 

I understand that it's not a bug and it's how things are handled at the moment, so that the Javascript doesn't kick in until the DOM has been loaded, etc., but I think steps should be taken to improve this through CSS.

​I opened a bug report about this a while ago. It was marked “fixed”, but it is still pretty annoying on my site depending on which browser one uses.  

http://community.invisionpower.com/4bugtrack/beta-4b-safari-page-loading-behaviour-r1429/