[Shenlug] Loading text content first on a web page

[Alvin Smith]

Harvey,

The behavior that you are refering to I believe is a function of the
web broswer.

On 12/7/06, Harvey Ussery <huboxwood at earthlink.net> wrote:

> I would prefer including the larger images in the page itself *if* that
> doesn't cause big delays for the user. Is there a way I can have *all*
> the text on the page load first, then the images?
>
> I'm not really talking about "progressive" loading of images--that's a
> separate (and relatively minor) issue. I'm talking about getting all the
> text up instantaneously, and only then start loading the images (which
> initially are only indicated by placeholders).
>
> I've seen this behavior on some web sites. Can someone point me to a
> source for learning how to code for it? Can it be done with CSS only, or
> is Javascript required?
>
> Many thanks if you can help.
>
> ~Harvey