[Javascript] Image Change

[Information - Abyss]

Dear Paul,

Thank you for the reply, I appreciate it, but my question was not if it is a 
good implementation or not - the question was "how do i?"

Regards
Abyss


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Novitski" <paul at juniperwebcraft.com>
To: <javascript at LaTech.edu>
Sent: Monday, July 16, 2007 1:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Javascript] Image Change


> At 7/15/2007 06:09 PM, you wrote:
>>If i wanted to do something similar to this
>>
>><http://triggsmitharchitects.com/project.php?id=5>http://triggsmitharchitects.com/project.php?id=5
>>
>>see the smaller thumbs? and then when you click on them the larger image 
>>loads - how would i do that with javascript? they seem to be reloading the 
>>entire page - which I would think is a "bad implementation" when you can 
>>use client side to fix it.
>
>
>
> Actually, I think the page you've pointed us to is designed fairly well. 
> When JavaScript is absent (disabled or not yet loaded), clicking on a 
> thumbnail reloads the page with the requested image showing.  After the 
> page finishes loading and JavaScript launches, the images are indeed 
> swapped immediately.
>
> The problem with the implementation that you discovered but didn't 
> understand is that JavaScript doesn't kick in until everything on the page 
> has downloaded, including those several large pre-loaded images.  So if 
> you're quick to click on a thumbnail you'll catch it before it has time to 
> shift from server-side to client-side functionality.
>
> Regards,
>
> Paul
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