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How JavaScript is Slowing Down the Web (And What To Do About It)

18 points| brett | 18 years ago |readwriteweb.com | reply

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[+] JBiserkov|18 years ago|reply
The title is misleading. A somewhat more precise title would be

"How & why [lots of] (poorly written) widgets slow down blogs".

As Paul Graham once said: "...the closer you get to the truth, the messier your sentence gets."

[+] avehn|18 years ago|reply
Good things to keep in mind as I write out my front end. I never knew about defering.
[+] ivankirigin|18 years ago|reply
HA, I know the author. He taught Software Engineering at NYU. Very smart guy.