> when images (and probably also some div id s) don't get width/height
> set on the page, the rendering in the browser can look 'stuttering'.
> divs and texts appear earlier, images start to appear and push the
> content further down or the side.
>
> another behaviour is that at short pages the scrollbar disappears,
> making a centered content jump offset to the right a bit.
> e.g. I have short pages with few textlines and with one either
> vertical or horiziontal pic. when one clicks through the pages, this
> offset jumping is annoying.
>
> what do you do in such cases?
> - provide a large empty div box in the background with a minimum
> height that makes sure a scrollbar (area) will always  appear?
> - set the margin of a footer div id very high?

That and setting width and height in the image attributes. You can
enforce the scrollbar with a height of 100.01%
http://www.hicksdesign.co.uk/journal/forcing-scrollbars-now-even-better

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