IE9 problems with jQuery load() event not firing

Question

I am trying to preload a couple of images and would like my page to go on hold until all of the images are loaded. So what I am doing is this:

var numPics =          


        

Answer 1

+to the answer: Do not run this in firefox 3.6:

img.attr("src", img.attr("src"));

Some amount of images will not be loaded! I prefer:

if($.browser.msie && parseInt($.browser.version, 10) >= 9) {
    img_load.attr("src", img_load.attr("src"));
}