[thanatos519]

Could this be used to prevent me from clicking on or tapping the wrong thing because new items keep appearing causing a reflow just as I jab? I would really appreciate it if pages would render after they have made up their mind.

[arghwhat]

… No, because the cause of this tends to be content loaded dynamically (i.e., not part of the original HTML) or content not handled by this spec (e.g., img without dimensions known in advance).

On the other hand, there is no real reason for a web app to have jumping content as is - it’s just a bug in said app.

[don-code]

That's very much a double-edged sword. Jira is probably the product I use which has the worst UX around this - fields jump around the page for 5-10 seconds when I load a ticket. That said, while the likelihood that I personally (team/tech lead) am going to edit a ticket is quite high, I imagine the rest of my team (there are more of them than me) would be suffering through 5-10 second load times just to read a ticket.

[daelon]

How is it justifiable for jira tickets to take 5-10 seconds to load in the first place?

[psd1]

My friend, I've worked in a Remedy system where tickets would routinely take over a minute to load.

Senior management keeps buying shit, so shit is what the market offers.

[Woshiwuja]

The company bought the Jira dildo and now is forced to jump on it

[csswizardry]

Yes! Perfect scenario. This is a question of a slower but more trustable experience. I would always fight for both, however.