Comments on: Lazy Load Plugin for jQuery http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery Cleaning up the web with Ajax Thu, 17 May 2012 07:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: rock http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-257278 rock Wed, 17 Oct 2007 10:21:37 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-257278 Hi, I’have just started using this plugin and it looks nice, but when I try to use it for a large number of pictures (300 – 500 small .png thumbnails) it works horrible – the page starts choking and it works very slow. Is there any way to solve this problem?? Hi, I’have just started using this plugin and it looks nice, but when I try to use it for a large number of pictures (300 – 500 small .png thumbnails) it works horrible – the page starts choking and it works very slow. Is there any way to solve this problem??

]]> By: Mika Tuupola http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255199 Mika Tuupola Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:00:46 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255199 Yes, Safari insist to load original images even though src attribute has been changed or removed. If anyone has a solution to that let me know. With IE and FF everything works as expected. Page itself is still fully viewable and working with Safari. Lazy loading just don't happen That said lazy loading does not make sense to every website. For photoblogs and others with long pages and heavy image content story is different. If nothing else it can help you to reduce bandwith usage. Setting threshold parameter to big enough number user must not wait images to load. Lets say you have n images size of 800x600. Set threshold to 600. User scrolls down and image #6 appears. Lazy Load plugin now starts to load image #7 (600 pixels before it is visible). When user scrolls yet more image #7 is probably already loaded. Regarding lowsrc. I though it was never part of any standard? Yes, Safari insist to load original images even though src attribute has been changed or removed. If anyone has a solution to that let me know. With IE and FF everything works as expected. Page itself is still fully viewable and working with Safari. Lazy loading just don’t happen

That said lazy loading does not make sense to every website. For photoblogs and others with long pages and heavy image content story is different. If nothing else it can help you to reduce bandwith usage.

Setting threshold parameter to big enough number user must not wait images to load. Lets say you have n images size of 800×600. Set threshold to 600. User scrolls down and image #6 appears. Lazy Load plugin now starts to load image #7 (600 pixels before it is visible). When user scrolls yet more image #7 is probably already loaded.

Regarding lowsrc. I though it was never part of any standard?

]]> By: Burcu http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255184 Burcu Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:51:53 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255184 of course its a lot easier that the lowsrc attribute setup. but it really doesnt work on opera, too. of course its a lot easier that the lowsrc attribute setup. but it really doesnt work on opera, too.

]]> By: Shaun Kester http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255183 Shaun Kester Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:51:16 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255183 Neat idea, but I have an expectation that everything will be loaded and viewable when I go below the fold. Waiting again is frustrating and time consuming. Neat idea, but I have an expectation that everything will be loaded and viewable when I go below the fold. Waiting again is frustrating and time consuming.

]]> By: mdmadph http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255182 mdmadph Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:40:54 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255182 wouldn't this be a lot easier to use than lowsrc (having to set that attribute for every image you wanted)? wouldn’t this be a lot easier to use than lowsrc (having to set that attribute for every image you wanted)?

]]> By: Andy http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255175 Andy Fri, 07 Sep 2007 16:08:27 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255175 Whatever happened to the lowsrc attribute? Whatever happened to the lowsrc attribute?

]]> By: Trevor http://ajaxian.com/archives/lazy-load-plugin-for-jquery/comment-page-1#comment-255174 Trevor Fri, 07 Sep 2007 15:59:03 +0000 http://ajaxian.com/?p=2752#comment-255174 Doesn't seem to have any effect in Safari, but works well in FF. Doesn’t seem to have any effect in Safari, but works well in FF.

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