[thelist] preloader question

jeff jeff at members.evolt.org
Mon Mar 5 16:19:45 CST 2001


ppk,

:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
: From: Peter-Paul Koch
:
: > i've not found preloading to be problematic
: > in nn6 at all.
:
: No, you're right, it isn't the preloading as
: such but rather the whole mouseover goes too
: bloody slow. Try your own example and start
: mousing over *before* all images are loaded,
: you'll see what I mean.
:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

here's the offending lines:

function init()
{
  preLoad('about','product','order','contact','faq');
}

window.onload = init;

the images for the rollovers aren't going to be preloaded until the document
is done loading.  this is to help improve the rendering time of the page and
the perception of a faster download.  this could be fixed by changing the
lines above to this:

preLoad('about','product','order','contact','faq');

nonetheless there's still going to be an initial delay as the browser
retrieves the images from the server.  the same is true of the conventional
preload as well.  there's no way around that.

thanks,

.jeff

name://jeff.howden
game://web.development
http://www.evolt.org/
mailto:jeff at members.evolt.org





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