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Old 07-04-2003, 11:34 AM  
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Originally posted by AdultNex


Having them load onmouseover would be the practical thing to do. I believe he's doing it for dial-up users, therefore, they wouldn't want to wait on preloaded images.
Most dialup users won't see the thumbs then. They'd rollover, the image download would be started, they're roll off, the image would finish downloading and not be displayed. And by then, the dial up surfer has rolled over 50 more links that are all now having images fetched. I'd preload them and have fewer.
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