Image transitions?

[davej]

So when image transitions are created where there is a simultaneous fade-out/fade-in has one image been absolute positioned over another image? I had previously thought the background was being used but I'm now somewhat doubtful that would work.

[justsomeguy]

Yeah, it layers the images.

[davej]

So then if you wanted to preload images can you do that while they are disembodied children in some array of objects or do they need to be layered with a physical position on the page? I am having some trouble evaluating the image loading because my current connection is pretty fast. It has been suggested that I try a net throttler such as... http://seriousbit.com/netbalancer/

[justsomeguy]

I believe creating an image object and setting the source is enough to cause the browser to load an image, it would be easy enough to test that though if you have it load an image that isn't otherwise on the page. You can check the developer tools to see if it send the request for that image.

[davej]

Yes, it finally occurred to me that I should be able to measure the image load time.