Preloading images

[sirlojik]

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]

My gut reply would be:

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]

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

Dan


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[sirlojik]

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]

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

Dan



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