//images to preload
var images = Array(
				   '/images/menu/item1_over_fr.jpg',
				   '/images/menu/item2_over_fr.jpg',
				   '/images/menu/item3_over_fr.jpg',
				   '/images/menu/item4_over_fr.jpg',
				   '/images/menu/item5_over_fr.jpg',
				   '/images/flags/fr_over.gif',
				   '/images/flags/de_over.gif',
				   '/images/flags/en_over.gif'				   
				  );

//preload images
var image = Array;
for (i = 0; i < images.length; i++)
{
	image[i]     = new Image;
	image[i].src = images[i];
}