Hi Evil...
Answer to #1: no.
Answer to #2: here's the script you'd put in between your <head></head> tags at the top of your html page.
Code:
<script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
<!--
var myimages=new Array()
function preloadimages(){
for (i=0;i<preloadimages.arguments.length;i++){
myimages[i]=new Image()
myimages[i].src=preloadimages.arguments[i]
}
}
preloadimages("myImage1.jpg,myImage2.jpg,myImage3.jpg")
-->
</script>
As you see... the names/paths of your images go into the 'preloadingimages' brackets at the bottom of the script.
Then within the BODY tag of your page put this:
Code:
onLoad="preloadimages();"
That should do it.
Any problems just ask. :B
Image Slices & Preloader 
Linear Mode
