Comments on: DOMContentLoaded and the quick rise of de facto standards http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/11/domcontentloade/ The Fastest Way to Launch Successful Software Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:36:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: matt snider http://pathfindersoftware.com/2007/11/domcontentloade/#comment-7297 matt snider Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:20:27 +0000 http://www.pathf.com/blogs/?p=199#comment-7297 <p>I have found that by moving my JavaScript files to end of my body tag, I no longer need to worry about DOMContentLoaded. Since the browser has already parsed the page, all the proper DOM references have been made available to JavaScript. Also, the page appears to load faster for users, because the rendering doesn't have to wait on the downloading/processing of JavaScript files.</p> I have found that by moving my JavaScript files to end of my body tag, I no longer need to worry about DOMContentLoaded. Since the browser has already parsed the page, all the proper DOM references have been made available to JavaScript. Also, the page appears to load faster for users, because the rendering doesn’t have to wait on the downloading/processing of JavaScript files.

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