HTML5 has a new way to do this, by link prefetching. <link rel=”prefetch” href=”http://davidwalsh.name/wp-content/themes/walshbook3/images/sprite.png” /> Just add as many link tags as you need in your HTML and you are good to go. Of course, older browsers will not load the content this way. Note Above code will not work for Apple Safari safari does … Read more
Try utilizing $.Deferred() , .queue() var images = [“http://lorempixel.com/1200/800/cats/” , “http://lorempixel.com/1200/800/nature/” , “http://lorempixel.com/1200/800/animals/” , “http://lorempixel.com/1200/800/technics/” ]; // do stuff when image loaded var loadImage = function loadImage(elem) { return $(elem).fadeTo(500, “1.0”, “linear”); }; // load images var loadImages = function loadImages(urls, image, complete) { // `this` : `document` urls.forEach(function(imageSrc, i) { var img = new … Read more
Unfortunately, that depends on your purpose. If you plan to use the images for purposes of style, your best bet is to use sprites. http://www.alistapart.com/articles/sprites2 However, if you plan to use the images in <img> tags, then you’ll want to pre-load them with function preload(sources) { var images = []; for (i = 0, length … Read more