After much hunting I can put a name to the problem:
No folks, it not what's defined in:
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=fouc
Though it certainly feels that way.
It is in fact: the Flash Of Unstyled Content
http://www.bluerobot.com/web/css/fouc.asp
The fix suggested still does not work. Anyone have any ideas?
Oz
Following is the test page including the suggested fix from bluerobot.
<%@ Page Language="C#" AutoEventWireup="true" CodeFile="Flash.aspx.cs"
Inherits="Flash" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" >
<head runat="server">
<title>Untitled Page</title>
<script type="text/javascript"> </script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server" defaultbutton="FlashMe">
<table bgcolor="lime" height="100">
<tr><td>Am I gonna flash?</td></tr>
<tr><td><asp:Button runat="server" ID="FlashMe" Text="Flash Me" /></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
</body>
</html>
"Oz Kologlu" <oz*******@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:%2******************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
Hi folks,
IE and Asp.net 2.0 are doing some pretty bizzare things. Some of our users
were getting pretty weary of IE redrawing and "flashing" what is
essentially a pretty static page every time there is a postback (IE
Version 6.0.2900.2180.xpsp_sp2,,,,; Doesn't happen under firefox - bless
those folks).
Anyway try this:
<form id="form1" runat="server" defaultbutton="FlashMe">
<table bgcolor="lime" height="100">
<tr><td>Am I gonna flash?</td></tr>
<tr><td><asp:Button runat="server" ID="FlashMe" Text="Flash Me"
/></td></tr>
</table>
</form>
You will see the whole screen flash when you postback. Now, remove the
defaultbutton="FlashMe" from the form and try again.
See: No FLASH!!!!!
The same happens when you define defaultfocus.What gives?
Maybe someone needs to sit with IE guys and work out how to write script
file (WebResource.axd) that doesn't cause IE to kick itself in the arse!
Anyone got a suggestion?
Thanks,
Oz
