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Image preloading and autogif are fantastic features, so getting rid of them would be a net negative. Instead, why not have them be controlled by some client si
by redthrowaway 14y ago
Image preloading and autogif are fantastic features, so getting rid of them would be a net negative. Instead, why not have them be controlled by some client side js, so that images/gifs are only preloaded for the next 20 or so posts from what the user is currently reading? If the user stops scrolling, stop preloading. Preload the final 5 or so images to cover skip-to-bottom, but the vast majority of the preloaded images will not be viewed, and so should not be loaded.
- saxamaphone69 14y agoMost users' arguments to that are they open a thread, click preload images/expand images, walk away, and so when the thread is dead/they come back, they have all the posts, and the full resolution images (not thumbnails). And the image expanding is done through userscripts/client side.