[Javascript] Calling images only when needed.

[Peter-Paul Koch]

> >Suppose that I wind up with 600 plus images I want to show off.
> >Is there a way to keep the thumbnails from downloading and causing a long
> >wait before the menu falls back to the collapsed state?
> >I don't see why I have to code in every cotton pickin image and force the
> >visitor to accept the 600 thumbnails.
> 
> Richard,
> 
> If you use CSS to apply {display: none;} to an image (or an image's
> container) it will not download until you change this to {display: block;}
> or {display: inline;}.  

Unfortunately that is true only in Opera and Safari. Explorer (Win and
Mac) and Mozilla immediately download the images.

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ppk, freelance web developer

Recent article: JavaScript triggers, 
http://www.alistapart.com/articles/scripttriggers/

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