ajax request images are flashing

Question

I have a basic ajax request and have it set to 3 seconds for right now. will go higher, but I want to fix the problem that happens everytime the request happens. for some reason every image (stored in the DB - not that many and are thumbnails) they all flash.

Is there a way around the images flashing on the get request?

$(document).ready(function(){
   var ajaxDelay = 3000;
   setInterval(function(){
    $('#timedContainer').load('jquery_timed.php');   
    }, ajaxDelay);
});

Answer 1

As far as I know, you'll have to preload/cache the images before displaying them in order to avoid that flash. Here is another answer on how to do that.