why do you flicker damn you!

benbramz · #1 Aug 29th, 2005, 02:59

just adapting some css buttons from a tutorial:
but why do they flicker on mouseover every now and then.....(here)
css is here.

i even tried preloading the image using this:

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<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">

image1 = new Image();
image1.src = "background.gif";

</script>

but its refuses to work lol
any1 shed some light on this?
cheers

Webforumz Staff · #2 Aug 29th, 2005, 04:49

From http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors2/

Quote:

IE Flicker: If you’re seeing a flicker of the images when hovering over the tabs in IE/Win, check the cache settings for temporary files (Tools > Internet Options > General tab > Settings button). You may have changed the setting from the default to make sure you’re seeing the newest version on every page refresh. IE/Win has trouble holding a background image steady on anchors if you’ve specified “Every visit to the page” for temporary files. The default setting is “Automatically”, which allows the browser to instantly retrieve the image from cache, preventing any flicker. Most users never change this setting; most likely, they don’t even know it exists.

benbramz · #3 Aug 29th, 2005, 15:15

thanks catalyst - that seemsa to have done it!

(altho it was already set to automatic....so i flicked it to every and back and it worked....how odd)

but now im worried that many people have the same problems and that these buttons become a flaw.....is this a common problem, do they flicker for many people?

cheers

Webforumz Staff · #4 Aug 29th, 2005, 18:12

Well they flicker for me, but then I changed my settings to Everytime a long time ago.

benbramz · #5 Aug 29th, 2005, 20:10

is there any way to avoid this? or would not matter if i dont change the buttons (fot the sake of new users)

Webforumz Staff · #6 Aug 29th, 2005, 21:06

It's the big reason I still use javascript rollovers rather than CSS.

benbramz · #7 Aug 30th, 2005, 14:33

true - but i was experimenting with css buttons to see if there were any advantages. all questions answered eh lol

jpmitchell · #8 Sep 9th, 2005, 02:21

There is a hover technique using CSS that will fix this problem and is actually faster and more efficient than javascript rollovers.

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/slidingdoors/

Hopefully that helps. It will work in every browswer and be quick and seemless.

Webforumz Staff · #9 Sep 9th, 2005, 05:54

Actually that one flickers too.

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