> Meanwhile I've also tried my hand at some code and come to what seems > to be a valid solution. It relies on image preload - slides are added > to the Cycle "randomly" depending on the order in which they are > pulled from the server, which is a way to have the slideshow run as > soon as possible. > > Cheers, > > Nicolas
Looks good, Nicolas. I've added another demo page that uses your preload technique (hope you don't mind). http://www.malsup.com/jquery/cycle/add3.html Cheers! Mike