[Javascript] Calling images only when needed.

[beaglewriter at att.net]

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From: Paul Novitski <paul at novitskisoftware.com>
> thumbnail:      <img id="image123" src="thumb123.jpg" />
> large image:    <img id="largeImage" src="" />
> JavaScript:     [onclick event attached to every thumbnail:]
>                  document.getElementById("largeImage").src = this.id;

An advantage of this method is that you can get it to degrade gracefully when JavaScript is disabled:

<a href="image123.jpg" onclick="document.getElementById('largeImage').src=this;return false;">
 <img src="thumb123.jpg" />
</a>

I've been using this approach on my recent album pages, and I've found that it works even in the Sidekick and Palm Blazer browsers.

gs