Hi,
> function addScript( url ) {
> var script = document.createElement( 'script' );
> script.type = 'text/javascript';
> script.charset = 'utf-8';
> script.src = url;
> document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0].appendChild( script );
> };
There are some Safari versions that won't execute scripts like this. The
solution is to load the script with a XMLHttpRequest and eval it.
The second drawback of that solution is that you can not resolve dependencies
between dynamically loaded scripts. Well you can, but then you have to keep
the dependency-informatin in a central place.
> However, it may or may not be a good idea. Loading your plugin scripts
> dynamically will reduce the number of files loaded in HEAD, but the overall
> load time won't be any better. Loading a number of different scripts will
> take time however you do it.
Yes, but you can delay the loading of some scripts. That way your page starts
up very fast and some scripts can be loaded after startup or even on demand.
Dynamically loaded scripts can also dynamically load other scripts and
resolve dependencies that way.
You may also build your page with a CMS. Then you insert a script-tag
hardcoded in your template and have that script decide which plugins to load
based on the contents of the page.
Christof
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