UPDATE: Sigh. Whyever did I think a blogspot hyperlink would work? Scroll down to Tuesday, November 11, 2003, 1:31 am.
When I follow a link to some point other than the top of a page, I often find that the window's vertical position is correct before all the graphic elements have settled down but not after. My trick (which worked here, in Mozilla) is to wait for the page to stop jumping and then, with the cursor in the address box, hit Enter.
Posted by: Anton Sherwood on November 27, 2003