IE: Flickering load of bookmarks

IE loads top of page THEN bookmark

[jaxz]

Dear all – here cometh a very basic html question:

I use bookmarks to navigate inside my pages.

From the current page, say index.html, I refer to a section in a different page as follows:
<a href="page2.html#section7">

I refer to a section in the current page like this:
<a href="#section7">

And in my pages I tag these sections using this syntax:

<a name="section7"></a>

This works beautifully in Firefox. However, in IE it seems that when a section in a different page is loaded, it first loads the new page from the top, and then goes to the specified bookmark. This causes a flickering effect which is rather annoying.

Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Thanks,
Jaxz

[jaxz]

Pages seem to display twice using bookmarks in IE

It looks very different in IE (6.0; 5.5 and 5.0) than in Firefox.

Try putting a litlle graphic or colorful header at the top of a page (page2.htm) and then link to a subsection of that page from some other page (<a href="page2.htm#section7"> Link text </a>). In IE the header/graphic at the top of page2.htm will flash by ever so quickly before you arrive at the subsection.

This does not happen in Firefox.

In my particular application, this is an issue.
I am thinking that perhaps pages can be preloaded somehow? Or perhaps I have misunderstood the use of bookmarks?

Any thots on the above? Please advice!

/Jaxz