Sean Catchpole wrote: > Is there a good reason why placing scripts at the bottom of a page is > a bad idea? > > By placing them in the head all javascript files must be downloaded > before the rest of the page can render. This seems odd since most of > the time the javascript needs to wait for the page to be loaded > anyway. Other than perhaps organizational issues, are there any good > reasons why having the script tags at the bottom of the page is a bad > idea? >
According to YSlow docs, putting JS as far down the page as possible is beneficial.