loading image

[abda53]

ive seen this done once before...

how do i make a image first save to the users internet temp file, and then load the image from there (to save loading time).. i have a menu on my site, with a small background image in the menu (2 total), but everytime you mouseover, it looks like its reloading the image. i do have <META http-equiv=Pragma content=no-cache> that in there, but when i removed it, it was still doing that..

is there a way to either first save an image to the users tmp file, and load it from there.. or possibly create a cookie to have an image loaded, and if the user has downloaded the image already, it will load from the tmp file..?

not too sure, but have the background image load everytime (regardless of size) isnt what i really want..

thanks

[the_Igel]

the idea is to create javascript object Image and pre-load all the images as the page loads, instead of requesting them onMouseOver. Search the web for "javascript preloader", they're quite many.

[abda53]

i know about the preloading the images.. ill check it out..