There is a noticable difference with scripts loading at the bottom of the page. The page certainly loads and renders faster. However, if you are running pngFix or roundedCorners there is a longer time before the script can make the adjustments... So although I think it's generally best practice to place scripts at the bottom there are some cases you may not want to.
Charles On Nov 6, 4:55 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I read it too > Have a look at it :http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#js_bottom > > On Nov 5, 9:42 pm, Guy Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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.
