Just use the minified version and send it over the wire gzipped and be done with it.
The eval of packed jQuery does take some time, so even if the file is cached it probably will be slightly slower than the cached minified variation. Check this out: http://www.julienlecomte.net/blog/index.php?s=jquery&sbutt=Go Eric On Nov 4, 2:13 pm, "S. Robert James" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While working on a web app, I thought of this method to drastically > reduce jQuery load time. > > Every link follow causes jQuery to be reloaded again. Now, although > the .js file is stored in the local cache, it still needs to be parsed > and executed, which takes a lot of time. What if, instead, we use a > FRAMESET, keeping jQuery in the master frame, and just changing a > child frame (which takes up the entire screen). This way, jQuery > never needs to be reloaded. > > What does everyone say?
