OK! Let's open up a can of worms.
Has anyone ever considered using a technique called 'parallel downloading' when they have a large number of images to display and/or to download?
Parallel downloading is a great concept to use.
Here is how to implement the technique.
1. make sure your images are between 80-120K in jpeg.
(if needed use a utility called Advanced jpeg compressor)
A size between 80-120K will not be a hindrance to those with a
connectivity to the internet being not a high speed broadband connection.
all images are in the 'images' sub-directory
2. setup three sub-domains for your domain
(ie) if your domain is http://www.domain.com
then the three sub-domain may be
http://www.s1.domain.com
http://www.s2.domain.com
http://www.s3.domain.com
3. let's for example use eight images in your html as follows:
<img src="http://www.domain.com/images/pic1.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s1.domain.com/images/pic2.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s2.domain.com/images/pic3.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s3.domain.com/images/pic4.jpg">
<img src="http://www.domain.com/images/pic5.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s1.domain.com/images/pic6.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s2.domain.com/images/pic7.jpg">
<img src="http://www.s3.domain.com/images/pic8.jpg">
...
...
...
Therefore, what is happening is that four http calls are being active rather than a single http call downloading
an image, completing its download and then proceeding to download the next.
In the example above when pci1.jpg is downloaded then the next image to download is pic5 and so on
Possible uses may be
1. online catalogues
2. shooping carts
3. image galleries
comments, anyone?
mapleleaf
http://www.mirana.net