Preloading images

sirlojik · Mar 31, 2005

Hi all,
i am writing a skin engine in dhtml. This might be stupid but maybe worth asking.

I have written a function that preloads images for different div elements. what is confusing me is....if an image is preloaded and you request for it to be cached again,is it re-cached....or is ur cache checked first and if image exists its not re-cached?

BabyJeffy · Mar 31, 2005

My gut reply would be:

sirlojik said:
ur cache checked first and if image exists its not re-cached

I'm sure it's something that each browser does slightly differently - but that is certainly what I would expect to happen.

Jeff

BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 31, 2005

I would say it depends on what your browser's cache settings are.

Dan

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sirlojik · Mar 31, 2005

hmm.....is there a way of javascript detecting these browser cache settings. That way i could write a crossbrowser function to check this.

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BillyRayPreachersSon · Mar 31, 2005

As far as I know, there is no reliable cross-browser client-side way to do this.

Dan

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