Preloading images with JavaScript

Is the function I wrote below enough to preload images in most, if not all, browsers commonly used today?

function preloadImage(url)
{
    var img=new Image();
    img.src=url;
}

I have an array of image URLs that I loop over and call the preloadImage function for each URL.

Yes. This should work on all major browsers.

Try this I think this is better.

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

//-- usage --//
preload(
    "http://domain.tld/gallery/image-001.jpg",
    "http://domain.tld/gallery/image-002.jpg",
    "http://domain.tld/gallery/image-003.jpg"
)

Source: http://perishablepress.com/3-ways-preload-images-css-javascript-ajax/

In my case it was useful to add a callback to your function for onload event:

function preloadImage(url, callback)
{
    var img=new Image();
    img.src=url;
    img.onload = callback;
}

And then wrap it for case of an array of URLs to images to be preloaded with callback on all is done: https://jsfiddle.net/4r0Luoy7/

function preloadImages(urls, allImagesLoadedCallback){
    var loadedCounter = 0;
  var toBeLoadedNumber = urls.length;
  urls.forEach(function(url){
    preloadImage(url, function(){
        loadedCounter++;
            console.log('Number of loaded images: ' + loadedCounter);
      if(loadedCounter == toBeLoadedNumber){
        allImagesLoadedCallback();
      }
    });
  });
  function preloadImage(url, anImageLoadedCallback){
      var img = new Image();
      img.onload = anImageLoadedCallback;
      img.src = url;
  }
}

// Let's call it:
preloadImages([
    '//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Internet2.jpg',
  '//www.csee.umbc.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/www.jpg'
], function(){
    console.log('All images were loaded');
});

CSS2 Alternative: http://www.thecssninja.com/css/even-better-image-preloading-with-css2

body:after {
  content: url(img01.jpg) url(img02.jpg) url(img03.jpg);
  display: none; 
}

CSS3 Alternative: https://perishablepress.com/preload-images-css3/ (H/T Linh Dam)

.preload-images {
  display: none; 
  width: 0;
  height: 0;
  background: url(img01.jpg),
              url(img02.jpg),
              url(img03.jpg);
}

NOTE: Images in a container with display:none might not preload. Perhaps visibility:hidden will work better but I have not tested this. Thanks Marco Del Valle for pointing this out

You can move this code to index.html for preload images from any url

<link rel="preload" href="https://via.placeholder.com/160" as="image">