iPhone won't scroll far while awaiting the next page load

[CousinEddie]

I've picked up my first ever iPhone, a 14 Pro Max after suffering an inexplicable black screen of death on my Galaxy S21+ 5G. But I'm afraid I've found a serious incompatibility with my use case that might make me return this iPhone and never get another. I use a website where page loads can take up to a minute while waiting for various databases to respond. I like to use that time to continue scrolling and find the next thing I want to tap. But it seems on an iPhone, no matter whether I'm using Safari or Chrome, that scrolling is extremely limited to just one or two swipes before it's just a blank page any lower. I think this may be due to the way Apple engineers optimized iOS to sip the RAM instead of gobbling it all up, but I hope I'm wrong. Can anyone point me to a simple setting that will clear this up for me?

 

[Puonti]

I don't think there's a setting to change the page rendering logic to what you'd require.

If you hold down on a link and choose "Open in background", does the page in the foreground tab remain fully accessible and the page in the background tab load properly?

(generally they should, but I can't speak for the site you're browsing)

 

[CousinEddie]

Thanks; this is the solution. I'm not sure why I didn't think of it - I've been fumbling through the transition a bit. This may be akin to how my grandma felt when we gifted her first VCR in the 80's. And that reminds me - with all the new tech always being added to appliances, how come nobody adds a small battery and a bit of memory to keep the time of day when power goes out? Are we waiting for Idiocracy to pan out so Maytag can come out with it as some brilliant new invention on their flagship line?