Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-15 Thread Christian Montoya
On 12/15/05, Kevin Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:54:43AM -0500, Christian Montoya wrote:> > > You can preload images, just use your imagination, load them off > > screen with position:absolute; and give them a size of nothing. But I > > really discourage that. > > Y

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Cannon
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 11:54:43AM -0500, Christian Montoya wrote: > On 12/13/05, Kevin Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm not that keen on combining the 6 images into 1 large one and changing > > the > > background position, as that would mean the homepage would take too long to > > appear

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-15 Thread Kevin Cannon
On Tue, Dec 13, 2005 at 09:38:05AM -0600, CJ Larson wrote: > > Is it possible to preload the images in anyway, via CSS or Javascript? > > I'm not that keen on combining the 6 images into 1 large one and > changing the > > background position, as that would mean the homepage would take too > long t

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-14 Thread Carlton Gregory
annon; css-d@lists.css-discuss.org Subject: Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images On 12/13/05, Kevin Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not that keen on combining the 6 images into 1 large one and changing the > background position, as that would mean the homepage would tak

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-13 Thread Christian Montoya
On 12/13/05, Kevin Cannon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not that keen on combining the 6 images into 1 large one and changing the > background position, as that would mean the homepage would take too long to > appear. If you combined the 6 images into 1, that one image would load faster. You c

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-13 Thread Gunlaug Sørtun
CJ Larson wrote: > I think my brain is dead today, so forgive the newbie question: How > would preloading 6 different images take less time than loading 1 > combined image? It may - if the wind-direction is good :-) and the file-sizes are favorable. Most of the time it's just a way of creating

Re: [css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-13 Thread CJ Larson
> Is it possible to preload the images in anyway, via CSS or Javascript? > > I'm not that keen on combining the 6 images into 1 large one and changing the > background position, as that would mean the homepage would take too long to > appear. [cj] I think my brain is dead today, so forgive the ne

[css-d] Preloading Background Images

2005-12-13 Thread Kevin Cannon
Hey all, I've got a website with CSS Tabs. When a user click on a tab it changes the body class, and using that rule change it hides/shows the approproate div. Each tab has a different background image, and there is a delay after clicking each tab while the image loads. Is it possible to preload