tedster - 10:18 am on Jan 22, 2001 (gmt 0)

Probably because we were focusing on javascript, none of us mentioned the most primitive, but also the most compatible way, of pre-loading images.

If you don't need javascript for any other reason, you can preload images for the next page just by adding them to the bottom of the current page in the regular HTML, but make the width and height 1 pixel x 1 pixel.

This will put the images into the cache, but also create visible 1 pixel squares on the page. If they look too distracting, they can be hidden in the page design -- for instance, put them against a colored table background, or placed way down below the end of the content with a big transparent gif, or off the top of the page with a negative top dimension in CSS.