The speed difference between the "script tag technique" and the "object/param technique" is negligible (or, will be, once I fix the "script tag technique" in the Metadata plugin to be more pro-active).
The primary difference between those two techniques and the "classname" and "data attribute" techniques is that you can do a single search through the DOM, looking for the script/object elements, applying the data directly. Whereas with the two attribute techniques, you have to check every single element that you come across, to verify if it does, in fact, have that particular attribute, finally loading the data. It's the difference between a one-time cost, or a constantly-reoccurring cost. --John On 3/2/07, Erik Beeson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It should also be noted that the Metaobjects plugin is, fundamentally, > > faster than the Metadata plugin as it can quickly search through a DOM > > structure for a specific pattern, rather than trying to load the > > information on the fly. > > I'm unclear about the performance difference between the two plugins. > How is the performance of the metaobjects plugin any different than > the metadata plugin using nested script tags? > > I guess I should just test it and see :) > > --Erik > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > discuss@jquery.com > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list discuss@jquery.com http://jquery.com/discuss/
