PUBLIC MARKS with tags webperf & javascript

Delivering less JavaScript can mean less time in network transmission, less spent decompressing code and less time parsing and compiling this JavaScript.

It usually takes a long time for the DOM ready event to fire. During this time, many parts of a webpage are inactive as they wait for Javascript to kick in and initialize them. This delay is significant and makes a rich web application become available slower. Creates a bad user experience, doesn't adhere to any design pattern and is, really, not needed...