How do you preload images on a website, without displaying them?

Question

I'm creating a page where pictures will appear in a table when clicked on, but they are large sized pictures. How do I preload them all to cache or memory so that the user won't have to wait each time one of the images is selected?

Answer 1

this is how
http://dwight.clickthesky.com/snippets2/preloadingimages.shtml

Answer 2

Look at this example, i`m sure u`ll get it
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p.s.: if u don t get it :) try with macromedia dreamweaver .. it will generate the code for u

Answer 3

Just stick them on the site and make the *only* link to them the one that you want it to be. They won't show unless there's a link.

Answer 4

No need for "scripts"! Just have your javascript run before the page load, and add: (in the of your file)