My screen keeps jumping up and down when I click on a thread?

Pauliedragon

Any time I click on a thread the screen just keeps bouncing back and forward. It's both on the mobile and desktop site. Sometimes it will bring me back days on a thread. I commented on a thread to day and when I came back It sent me back to the 19th of November.

Spear

An old and as yet unsolved bug with Vanilla, just like so many other issues it has.

amandstu

Yes,this page won't let me scroll down

(works now I think)

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058381946/liverpool-fc-team-talk-gossip-rumours-2024-25

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122971959#Comment_122971959

It has got hugely worse in the last few days

Also, notifications open the right thread but often up to 6 years ago, in terms of the posts it displays

Headshot

Vanilla the gift that keeps on giving.

Danzy

Delete cookies, helps for a bit.

banie01

Same here but, despite it's apparently being an old bug, yesterday was the 1st time I can recall encountering it.

On android 14 and Chrome 131.0.6778.135

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122972361#Comment_122972361

I see it only rarely, and it comes and goes without any obvious logic. For the example thread above I can't reproduce it.

blackbox

I'm having the same jumping screen problem on some threads. I thought it was due to a bad internet connection, but that has been resolved and the jumping still happens. I now suspect it is connected to ads.

Spear

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122972391#Comment_122972391

That was my first instinct too, but I run with uBlock Origin and still experience it, albeit rarely.

elperello

Me too.

This thread however is behaving impeccably.

Is the issue just with threads that have many pages ?

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122972428#Comment_122972428

Could be that.

Also this thread doesnt have images, twitter links etc

Ninthlife

Have been experiencing the same issue, thought it was due to those large ads that take up a large portion of the screen (mobile)

odyssey06

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122972450#Comment_122972450

The ad is trying to overlap the comment textbox on mobile for me. I drafted a post here and when I returned to the thread it was bouncing up and down.

There is a screen focus conflict / competing commands.

Alkers

Same issue for me but only if there have been an amount of posts since my last visit. If I try a thread with one unread post it's fine

Caranica

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122972450#Comment_122972450

I'm having the same but no ads (use opera browser)

odyssey06

There's a theory on the bugs thread that it is to do with rendering quoted posts \ replies.

If it is happening to people without ads then it adds plausibility to that theory.

myfreespirit

Same problem here - the screen keeps jumping when logged in to boards.ie on Android phone. Am using DuckDuckGo browser.

The other problem is that clicking on the link which should bring you to the most recent post in a thread, instead lands on some random page of the thread, but maybe months or years ago.

Pauliedragon

Seriously the site is basically unusable now for me. It's getting worse day by day. Will it ever be fixed? I like popping in and out in the evenings but I can't do that the way the site is now.

Igotadose

Multiple platforms, multiple browsers - Chrome, Brave, Android phone, Windows 10, Windows 11, … And even if old bug, never noticed before and it's bad in the last few days. Happens on all threads but most threads I look at have images in them from time to time.

amandstu

I have tried scrolling down using 2 fingers with limited success.Also trying to scroll quickly to the bottom of the page first and then returning to the post it was returning to like an elastic band.

Seemed to settle then.

Almost bad enough to call in the Musk DOGE department.

Mam of 4

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122975806#Comment_122975806

I've tried that too, now I've figured out if I can manage to keep my finger on a post for a few seconds to hold it in place, then the page stops jumping around.

Not a great solution but it works for me.

Flinty997

I'm getting it on one thread. Keeps going back to middle of the thread.

Jumping around used to be solved by an ad blocker, but that breaks other things.

I do not have any of these problems on any other forums.. Boards has it for years.

Igotadose

I know epileptic folks that have issues with bouncy displays. Maybe Boards needs a health warning now? /s

OscarMIlde

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058384968/my-screen-keeps-jumping-up-and-down-when-i-click-on-a-thread

Me too, it was driving me absolutely demented during the recent werewolf game. Trying to follow on my mobile and couldn't get to any of the important posts.

Flinty997

Problem getting worse for me. Started with one thread. Now it's multiple threads..

This bouncy bug is starting to drive me insane….

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122990750#Comment_122990750

It'll never be fixed. Powers that be to busy clamping down on any contrary opinions. Cant be bothered fixing essential functionality though. It'll be the hill this site dies on.

Reddit so much better at the moment and thats saying something.

JP Liz V1

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122976169#Comment_122976169

It is worse on the mobile especially with fast moving large threads

Pauliedragon

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122976157#Comment_122976157

About 1% of the population have epilepsy and about 5% of people with epilepsy have issues with bouncy displays. It works out about 2000 people in Ireland have it. It's a pretty small mumber.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003996#Comment_123003996

It's still annoying as fcuk.

And I don't have epilepsy.