Author Topic: Scrolling feels Stuttery/Not-Smooth on E? (Chrome apppears to be the problem) (Read 1990 times)

RedPhoenix · « **on:** January 19, 2019, 12:04:02 pm »

Does anyone else have this? I've only noticed it recently and I don't think it happens on other sites.

When I'm scrolling down through a page on most sites it smoothly scrolls but on E it sort of stutters a bit, like it will scroll in small chunks rather than all at once if that makes any sense. It doesn't seem to be limited to the front page, sometimes it will happen on small threads, but sometimes it will work just fine. I'm not sure what the rhyme or reason is. For example this post being previewed is totally fine.

I'm using Chrome. I don't think it's my internet since I don't think I'm having problems anywhere else and I'm nowhere near any of the caps on use.

Is there a setting or something that got changed? Windows 10 keeps changing things without asking me every time it updates so maybe it was something there.

Can anyone help? :)

Oreo · « **Reply #1 on:** January 19, 2019, 01:08:57 pm »

I have the same issue on Chrome. I use Firefox for my main browser, and Chrome for my email (because there is a bubble add-on.)

RedPhoenix · « **Reply #2 on:** January 19, 2019, 01:14:46 pm »

Oh so it's a Chrome thing?

Darnit!

Oreo · « **Reply #3 on:** January 19, 2019, 01:19:55 pm »

Might be. : (

RedPhoenix · « **Reply #4 on:** January 19, 2019, 01:21:13 pm »

Yup. I downloaded Firefox and it seems perfectly fine.

Thank you cookie!! <3

Oreo · « **Reply #5 on:** January 19, 2019, 01:52:51 pm »

Yay. Glad it worked. I thought it might just be my PC and Chrome.

Vekseid · « **Reply #6 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:02:43 pm »

Not getting this in Chrome - is it occurring in fresh tabs?

Oreo · « **Reply #7 on:** January 19, 2019, 06:15:19 pm »

For me it happens consistently in Chrome. Even when only one tab is in use.

Not sure if it makes a difference, but I am still using Win7.

The Dark Raven · « **Reply #8 on:** January 19, 2019, 08:25:23 pm »

Am not having this issue on Chrome while heavily loaded. Win10.

Tolvo · « **Reply #9 on:** January 19, 2019, 10:19:12 pm »

I've been having this happen as well, Chrome, Windows 10.

RedPhoenix · « **Reply #10 on:** January 19, 2019, 11:40:23 pm »

Quote from: Vekseid on January 19, 2019, 06:02:43 pm

Not getting this in Chrome - is it occurring in fresh tabs?

Which tab it is doesn't seem to make any difference.

Firefox is completely fine though.

Mirrah · « **Reply #11 on:** January 20, 2019, 12:29:29 am »

This happening to me in Chrome is why I only use Chrome for email and Google drive these days; Firefox for everything else. The stutter/lag didn't make sense to me. I have Windows 8.

Nico · « **Reply #12 on:** January 20, 2019, 01:50:48 am »

I'm using Chrome and it's all fluid.

Blythe · « **Reply #13 on:** January 20, 2019, 01:57:40 am »

Chrome does have a couple known bugs/issues about scrolling--sometimes flickering, pausing/stopping, etc. Am wondering if some folks have run afoul of them.

Oreo · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2019, 07:09:02 am »

Sometimes when I am scrolling E on Chrome I even get all blue background until I stop scrolling. I do occasionally come to E on Chrome because of opening my email to see something quick.

Tolvo · « **Reply #15 on:** January 20, 2019, 07:28:34 am »

Hmm, I haven't run into this flickering issue using Chrome on other sites lately. But, I have run into different issues with Chrome recently mainly on youtube where at times the scroll bar becomes completely unresponsive. Though I'm not sure if that is a common problem for others on other sites or if I'm in a minority on that one.

RedPhoenix · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2019, 06:52:31 pm »

I've been poking around this including updating my graphics card, disabling all the extensions and addons on chrome, and enabling a few things in the chrome advanced flags like smooth scrolling and such based on searching around for solution on the web. Apparently Chrome being laggy when scrolling on Windows is a common thing, but not everyone gets it. It's really weird to me. But the solution so far is as Oreo said just switch to Firefox which works perfectly.

Vekseid · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2019, 08:54:55 pm »

May do better when we're on Elkarte, it has a much cleaner DOM

Tolvo · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2019, 09:10:37 pm »

I've been testing some, going on various sites I use and trying to scroll randomly more than I normally do, E is the site I scroll on the most so I'd notice it the most, but when trying to intentionally scroll a lot on other sites using Chrome on Windows 10 I'm running into this issue on other sites.

RedPhoenix · « **Reply #19 on:** February 26, 2019, 01:51:33 pm »

So this seems to have gone away. I don't know if anything changed on E or if it was a chrome thing but I'm not experiencing much if any lag at all now.

Alluring Firefly · « **Reply #20 on:** February 26, 2019, 02:42:44 pm »

That sort of thing is why I quit using Chrome. Firefox is my main browser because of the flickering issue I had on Chrome.
Firefox runs so much smoother for forums, its nice. Haha.