Posted by cosmic foo on 10/08/68 11:22

"Jedi Fans" <"news[at]jedifans[--=dot==-]com"> wrote in message
news:42e664df_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
> 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

why did you say 'please dont cross post'?

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