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Description

Preloads images before changing a url.

Current version

Appears to be 1.0.1

Browser support

Trident / EdgeHTML / Tasman (Internet Explorer 4+, Edge 44-)Script works as expected
Opera 7-12Script works as expected
Gecko engine browsers (Mozilla, Firefox, Netscape 6+, etc)Script works as expected
KHTML / WebKit / Chromium / Blink / QT WebEngine / QTWebKit / WebKitGTK (Chrome, Vivaldi, Opera 15+, Edge 79+, Safari, Konqueror, OmniWeb 4.5+, iCab 4+, NetFront Chromium / WebKit)Script works as expected
iCab 3-Script works as expected
Rhino + W3C DOM (ICEbrowser)Script works as expected
Rhino + layers / W3C DOM (Escape / Evo, iBrow)Script worked in Escape 4 but fails in Escape 5
NetFront 3+ NetFront engineIn 3.3- images load, but the script cannot tell when loading completes, in 3.4, not all images load
Opera 5 and 6 Elektra engineScript works as expected
Netscape 4Script works as expected
OmniWeb 4.2-Images load, but the script cannot tell when loading completes
Rhino + pDOM (Clue browser)Images load, but the script cannot tell when loading completes
WebTVImages load, but the script cannot tell when loading completes
Tkhtml Hv3+Images do not preload
Netgem NetBoxNot tested but it should work
OpenTVNot tested but it should work
iPanel MicroBrowserNot tested but it should work

Accessibility notes

No inherent accessibility problems. Images will not be cached if JavaScript is disabled. Just make sure that without JavaScript, the URL still loads; <a href="theURL.html" onclick="doCache();return false;">

License

Please see my terms and conditions page for terms and conditions of use.

This site was created by Mark "Tarquin" Wilton-Jones.
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