A lot of the Searchworks application could be spruced up with some non-invasive css transitions. One of the more jarring effects is the loading of thumbnails. The grey placeholder is simply magically replaced by a flickering image. It would be nicer to show some kind of icon or loading placeholder and smoothly transition the thumbnail pixels in as they become available.
In general this is advisable with asynchronous content. It's position on the page should be held by an existing element that indicates the content's absence and status, and when it arrives it should render with object constancy.
mejackreed
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8 years ago
A lot of the Searchworks application could be spruced up with some non-invasive css transitions. One of the more jarring effects is the loading of thumbnails. The grey placeholder is simply magically replaced by a flickering image. It would be nicer to show some kind of icon or loading placeholder and smoothly transition the thumbnail pixels in as they become available.
In general this is advisable with asynchronous content. It's position on the page should be held by an existing element that indicates the content's absence and status, and when it arrives it should render with object constancy.