and I just posted on stackoverflow: @TJ Crowder Here are two images: http://tinypic.com/r/29kon45/5. The first shows that the requests for trans.png are proliferating. The second shows an example of the headers. Thanks
On May 13, 2:18 am, "T.J. Crowder" <[email protected]> wrote: > LOL, just commented on your StackOverflow version of this question.[1] > > Same comment here: Would you quote the URL you use for the image > (leave out the server name if you like) and the headers sent by the > server when the image actually does get downloaded? Perhaps there's an > issue with the expiry headers or something. > > [1]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2824565/new-image-makes-http-reque... > -- > T.J. Crowder > Independent Software Consultant > tj / crowder software / comwww.crowdersoftware.com > > On May 13, 6:14 am, Josh <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > I have a slide show that creates the next slide dynamically and then > > moves it into view. Since the images are actually sprites, the src is > > transparent.png and the actual image is mapped via background:url(.. > > in css. > > > Everytime (well, most of the time) the script creates a new element, > > Firefox makes an http request for transparent.png. I have a far-future > > expires header, and Firefox is respecting all other files' expiries. > > > Is there a way to avoid these unnecessary requests. Even though the > > server is returning 304 unmodified responses, it would be nice if > > Firefox would respect the expiries on dynamically created images. > > > I suspect that if I injected a simple string instead of using new > > Element, this might solve the problem, but I use some methods on the > > Element object, so I would like to avoid a bunch of html strings in my > > js file. > > > This is a nit-picky question, but I'm working on front-end > > optimization now, so I thought I would address it. > > > Thanks. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > > To post to this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en.
