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jQuery preloading images

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URL: http://www.innovatingtomorrow.net/2008/04/30/preloading-content-jquery

Thanks to Matt Farina

Also see similar snippet for preloading arbitrary content, e.g. media in content received via AJAX.

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  1. // preloading function of images
  2. jQuery.preloadImages = function()
  3. {
  4.   for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
  5.   {
  6.     jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  7.   }
  8. };
  9.  
  10. // use like
  11. $.preloadImages("image1.gif", "/path/to/image2.png", "some/image3.jpg");

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