experimentation

“Flickering” or “Flash Of Original Content” (FOOC) is a phenomenon where there’s a (typically) slight but observable delay in the browser updating the site or element layout if the user is included in a variant group for experimentation. This manifests in the original, unmodified element being rendered in the visible portion of the page before the experiment library updates it with the variant. There are ways to mitigate the flicker: Read More…