Is JavaScript Slowing Down The Web?

Read/WriteWeb has posted another interesting article, this time focusing on JavaScript and how it is slowing down the internet. At first thought, this is not too surprising, considering JavaScript powers everything from ad-servers to pop-ups to drop-down menus to fancy web effects to… well, you get the idea. If you wanted to learn more about why JavaScript is slowing things down and explore a few ways to fix it, you can read the article. According to R/WW, blog widgets are a few of the biggest offenders. I guess we can blame apps like FaceBook and MySpace for popularizing it.

The irony of this is that JavaScript was envisioned and designed to be a lightweight language to support minimum interactivity and quick manipulations of HTML documents, on the client site. But because of the twisted paths that our technology trails have taken us, JavaScript evolved to be the programming language for the web. From Ajax to Widgets, JavaScript is being used in a lot of cutting edge projects these days. But the truth is, JavaScript has its issues.

Source: Read/WriteWeb