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jQuery preloading images

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Thanks to Matt Farina

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

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// preloading function of images
jQuery.preloadImages = function()
{
  for(var i = 0; i<arguments.length; i++)
  {
    jQuery("<img>").attr("src", arguments[i]);
  }
};
 
// use like
$.preloadImages("image1.gif", "/path/to/image2.png", "some/image3.jpg");