php/Ajax - Best practice for pre-loading images

Question

I have put together a script which is very much like the flickr photostream feature. Two thumbnails next to each other, and when you click the next or prev links the next (o

Answer 1

In the case where you want to concurrently preload a larger number of resources, a little ajax can solve the problem for you. Just make sure the caching headers are such that the browser will use the resources on the next request. In the following example, I load up to four resources concurrently.