ImageMachine takes many seconds to load all content

[technicalScott]

So, while I've asked the folks loading up our galleries to reduce the redundant imagery, it's still the case that all calls to the ImageMachine for resizing images to uniform dimensions are essentially serialized. Even though the page *appears* to be loaded, the network tab of the developer tools shows images continuing to load in galleries below the fold/offscreen, one after the other, for several seconds.

Ideally, these images would all load in parallel.

Anyone encounter this and find a fix? Some setting in ImageMachine invocation that will fire-and-forget rather than block?

Thanks in advance.

[Matt Zimmermann]

I can't say that I've come across this before. Can you post a link to a page with this issue?

[technicalScott]

Sorry, just saw this, but it's still a problem.

Here's an example page that takes nearly 10 seconds to load on a fast machine over a 64Mbps connection: Hellebore Clear Stamp Set | Greenhouse | Technique Tuesday

[Matt Zimmermann]

You might try disabling the image preloading setting in Image Machine. If that doesn't work, I would recommend contacting support.