Posted by Jedi Fans on 10/04/31 11:22

cosmic foo wrote:
> "Jedi Fans" <"news[at]jedifans[--=dot==-]com"> wrote in message
> news:42e65451$1_2@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> cosmic foo wrote:
>>> "Jedi Fans" <"news[at]jedifans[--=dot==-]com"> wrote in message
>>> news:42e64844$1_3@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>>> cosmic foo wrote:
>>>>> I have a page with about 100 images of about 10k each.
>>>>> where a typical img tag looks like this,
>>>>> <img src="item001.jpg" height="70" alt="" onMouseOver="showPic(this)"
>>>>> border="0">
>>>>> Not all the images need to be viewed at once, depending on what
> category
>>> is
>>>>> selected, only about 10 images are seen at any one time.
>>>>> I hide and show categories of images by setting a div container
>>>>> display:none/block or visibility:hidden/visible.
>>>>>
>>>>> Even though the images are cached on the client, when the page loads
> in
>>> ie,
>>>>> there is still a few seconds delay while it counts down until there
> are
>>> no
>>>>> items remaining.
>>>>> In firefox there is the same delay but instead of counting down it
> just
>>> says
>>>>> 'waiting for..'
>>>>>
>>>>> From what i understand, the way to get around this delay when loading
> is
>>> not
>>>>> to set the src of the image tags until later, when the images need to
> be
>>>>> viewed (using javascript).
>>>>> That's not a problem and i have tried it, and it works, but now (for
>>> some
>>>>> reason) the browser forgets that the images have been cached whenever
>>> the
>>>>> user returns to the site, and has to download the images from the
>>> server,
>>>>> the first time a particular category of images is viewed.
>>>>> This, i presume, is happening because the src attribute is no longer
>>>>> hard-coded in the source, and the browser cannot associate an entry in
>>> the
>>>>> cache with the src of an image that is set via javascript?
>>>>>
>>>>> So it looks like the only solution may be to generate the html on the
>>> fly,
>>>>> when it is needed, with the src intact, or to use frames to get the
> html
>>>>> when it is needed.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am i missing something here?
>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> please dont cross post
>>> ?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> dont post the same or similar message to multi newsgroups, as it wastes
>> peoples time...
>
> why, do you think everyone reads both html groups?
>
>
if ur gonna do it adress both newsgroups at same time, so answers in one
are answered in another... do this by in newsgroup field [or w/e] in new
message "alt.html, other.newsgroup" w/o quotes

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