In Angular 1.3.0-rc.5, $animate defers changes till the next digest.

Disabled animation for now.

res/app/components/stf/image-onload/image-onload-animate-directive.js

@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@ module.exports = function imageOnloadAnimateDirective($parse, $animate) {
       $animate.addClass(element, 'ng-image-not-loaded')
       element.bind('load', function () {
         $animate.removeClass(element, 'ng-image-not-loaded')
+
+        //if(!scope.$$phase) {
+        //  scope.$digest()
+        //}
 //        console.log('image is loaded')
       })
     }