"Karau, Joe" wrote:
> You could use an applet, however I wouldn't. If you are worried about the
> time it takes a gif to download, than you should be more worried about the
> time it would take to download the applet with the gifs. With the applet it
> will be done all at once, making it appear to the user that it takes
> forever. With the gif/page, at least the total download time will be split
> across multiple pages.
>
The other thing to remember is that the browser can cache images (and pages)
locally for the user, without you having to do anything special. As long as they
have their cache settings set up right (default is multiple megabytes, but depends
on the browser) the images will only be downloaded the first time they are
accessed.
Craig McClanahan
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