Before y'all get too excited about this, keep in mind that it affects maybe one visitor out of ten thousand.
The only people who run into this flicker problem are those who have gone into Internet Options / Temporary Internet Files / Settings and changed the "check for newer versions" setting to "every visit to the page". Probably *less* than one in ten thousand. :-) -Mike > I actually choked and laughed when I saw this. > > Why couldn't Microsoft have said something about this sooner?! > > This really needs adding to the jQuery cookbook: > http://jquery.com/docs/Cookbook/ > > I've seen this interesting post on the Ajaxian forum today: > > http://ajaxian.com/archives/no-more-ie6-background-flicker > > > > http://misterpixel.blogspot.com/2006/08/title-well-its-done-my-ie6-backgroun d.html > > > > Which gives me this jQuery implemention, which i have added > > to my base jQuery init code! > > > > $(document).ready(function() { > > // Fix background image caching problem > > if (jQuery.browser.msie) { > > try { > > document.execCommand("BackgroundImageCache", false, true); > > } catch(err) {} > > } > > }; > > > > I hate to tell you this, but it works :) > > > > -- Gilles _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
