Website Flickers - Help

[Tony Laubach]

Hey gang,

I am writing code for my new website and have stumbled across an issue that seems to be an IE-only problem.

I have a javascripted slideshow link on the page, and when in view, the entire webpage flickers every few seconds. When you scroll away and the slideshow is out of view, the flickering stops.

I have searched various forums and databases, but cannot seem to isolate the issue. I was hoping to hear from a few of you web programming geeks (a loving term, FYI) to see if you had some input or a magic piece of code which would prevent that from happening!

Thanks!

 

[Tony Laubach]

Semantics can certainly change the outcome of a search for solutions.

I found (I think) a solution to the problem!

First, I identified the wrong culprit; it was not the slideshow! It was a flash RSS feed which required being activated. The annoying "click to activate to use this control" which pops up when a user mouses-over a embedded object seems to be the trigger to stopping this flickering of the page.

I found a couple places where this can be changed and figure I'd toss them out there in case someone later on finds this problem..

http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0oGkkgT6TlHMmEBTL5XNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE4ZTEzMXRqBHNlYwNzcgRwb3MDMgRjb2xvA3NrMQR2dGlkA0NTMDFfODYEbANXUzE-/SIG=12a658cm9/EXP=1195063955/**http%3a//msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms537508.aspx

http://www.duckware.com/eolas/index.html

My guess is that the bigger cause is likely the multitude of objects I have towards the top of the screen. The flickering stopped when the objects were removed from site by scrolling down.

I'm going to try and impliment the code to see if the auto-activation of the controls eliminates the problem entirely!

The below link states that updates coming in the next few months will put an end to this issue which stemmed from a legal disagreement. An interesting side note for those who care.

http://windows.about.com/b/2007/11/10/goodbye-click-to-activate.htm