Posted by Brian Cryer on 07/07/06 16:15

"Chris Tomlinson" <anon@anon.com> wrote in message
news:Dburg.97902$wl.35648@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
> "Brian Cryer" <brian.cryer@127.0.0.1.ntlworld.com> wrote in message
> news:TYSdnYQFMMjr3zPZRVnyiQ@pipex.net...
>
>> If you look at my original example
>> (http://www.cryer.co.uk/resources/javascript/script3.htm), something
>> along the lines of the code used behind the "reset" button - although
>> resetting to a blank 1 pixel by 1 pixel white image is probably better
>> than what I've don on that page. Call that before starting the load.
>
> But wouldn't that the images would still load the old fashioned way,
> taking a long time, and then just blank and load again? :-S

I wouldn't have *thought* so. If you replace the image then I would *expect*
the browser to cancel its current download - of course what I expect and
what actually happens may be at odds, so it would be worth checking.
--
Brian Cryer
www.cryer.co.uk/brian

[Back to original message]