Preventing my server from loading slow external images

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[guarriman]

Hi.

On my pages (www.domain.com), there are images provided by another server
(images.domain.com), but this last one is veeery sloooow, so somethimes the
main one hangs.

I'm trying to find a way not to load these external images if the images
server works slow.

Currently, I use:
<img src="http://images.domain.com/dc/9004.jpg" />

but, is there another way? Thx

[JKMitchell]

If you have permission to use the images, or you own the copyright, why not see if you are allowed to host them on your own server.

That way it's all down to your band width and you are not relying on someone elses bandwidth and server.

Of course, if you do not have permission to use these images then you should stop.

[jomaxx]

Specify the HEIGHT and WIDTH in the IMG tag, if you don't already. That will speed up the rendering of the page and prevent any reformatting as new images are loaded.