You can now lazyload CSS background images. Bind the plugin to non image element and it will automatically change the background-image style attribute when element is scrolled into view. You can also use effects. <divclass="lazy"data-original="img/bmw_m1_hood.jpg"style="background-image: url('img/grey.gif'); width: 765px; height: 574px;"></div> $("div.lazy").lazyload({ effect : "fadeIn" }); Optional placeholder image The placeholder image is now optional. If you omit it plugin will use the de...