Olaf Titz wrote:
> [from a thread from npm.ui]
>
>> The resources tag preloads the used images, that should get rid of load
>> times on the first dispaly of a specific state of a widget.
>
>
> Would it be possible to implement a similar trick for HTML? That could come
> very handy e.g. in the case of images changing (per CSS) on hover.
> something like <LINK REL="resource" HREF="../pix/buttonho.png">
> which would cause Mozilla to preload the image (but load it last) and
> just be ignored by other browsers.
I believe that it's possible to do this using OBJECT.
If you use the DECLARE attribute, the source of the
OBJECT will be loaded but not displayed. More details
here: http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/objects.html#h-13.3
