[Javascript] Image Change

[Terry Riegel]

Actually as I read your question it did seem like you are asking  
about the nature of the implementation. As such I can understand why  
Paul would comment on that aspect of the site. Perhaps it could be  
improved by providing alternate behavior when js is detected (like  
waiting for the images to all load).

As far as how to do it. Is there a more specific question. Your  
original inquiry seems a little broad.


Terry


On Jul 16, 2007, at 5:23 AM, Information - Abyss wrote:

> 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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