preloading images for jcarousel and other 'slide shows' was the reason I wrote traverseDir it takes removes the need for jcarousel's built in external file of images for the automatically generated pages from my apache server. I didn''t like the delays that were present when it went to get the next few pictures.
traverseDir is at http://jpassoc.com/demo/traverseDir/ and while I'm not currently using jcarousel at the moment, my dog's site does similar slide shows (1 at a time), the code try {var img = new Image();img.src = url} catch(e){}; for each file seems to get the loads all pre-fetched! The big question I had to answer was will the user actually look at all those pictures? Or, should I get the images on demand, but get a little delay. On 1/14/07, djl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi there, > Firstly, thanks very much for jcarousel. > > I have an issue with using it - there's currently 103 images to load and > this amount will grow over time. > The problem I'm having is that I always need to display the 3 most recent > images upon hitting the page - in this case, the start items need to be > image 101, image 102 and image 103. I can do this no problem but the > initial scroll to images 101-103 shows empty spaces since image 1 to 100 are > loading sequentially in the background. > Ideally, I'd like to make this dynamic ie, loading 3 images at a time rather > than the current long list of images 1-103 (either within the page or using > an external .txt file). > So, can this be done by calling a page on the server to return the 3 > required images (either the next 3 or previous 3) or is there a way to > preload the images either using a dynamic method (3 at a time) or the whole > 103? > Hope that makes sense. > Thanks, > > > djl > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Preloading-images-in-jcarousel-tf3006465.html#a8355819 > Sent from the jCarousel mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ - יעקב ʝǡǩȩ ᎫᎪᏦᎬ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
