carlos-sanchez
11/15/2013 - 12:19 AM

Facebook like image preloader. Ever noticed how fast images load when paging through a Facebook photo album? This is because Facebook is pr

Facebook like image preloader.

Ever noticed how fast images load when paging through a Facebook photo album? This is because Facebook is preloading each of these images into your browser’s cache before you even view them. Here’s how you can achieve a similar behavior on your website using some jQuery magic.

preload-images.js
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var nextimage = "/images/some-image.jpg";
$(document).ready(function(){
window.setTimeout(function(){
var img = $("<img>").attr("src", nextimage).load(function(){
//all done
});
}, 100);
});