Use ASBasicImageDownloader by default -- you can now do... ASNetworkImageNode *imageNode = [[ASNetworkImageNode alloc] init]; imageNode.URL = [NSURL URLWithString:@"..."]; [self.view addSubview:imageNode.view]; ...and it'll do the right thing.
Initial open-source release of ASNetworkImageNode, a simple counterpart to ASMultiplexImageNode.