Content shifting around is right up there with pop-up ads in terms of user frustration.
I disagree, especially with the almost complete absence of any progress bars or loading indicators that the UI designers seem to love so much and have forced newer browsers to have. "Something happening" on the page is nice way to know that it is still loading. A white screen is worse.
(Then again, I'm used to pre-Webkit Opera, which has a very prominent progress bar and applies CSS as it loads.)
I disagree, especially with the almost complete absence of any progress bars or loading indicators that the UI designers seem to love so much and have forced newer browsers to have. "Something happening" on the page is nice way to know that it is still loading. A white screen is worse.
(Then again, I'm used to pre-Webkit Opera, which has a very prominent progress bar and applies CSS as it loads.)