I'd add a furtherance to Steve Sounders / Yahoo's recommendations and use the @import method for style sheets and not link.
Mike Foskett -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Hall Sent: 24 November 2008 21:07 To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] Which is read first? Scripts or Styles? On Mon, 2008-11-24 at 10:24 -0500, Brett Patterson wrote: > I have no idea why, but for some reason I cannot remember which is > read first! Are scripts or styles read first? As others have mentioned, they are read in the order they occur in the document. > And which is the recommended order to list them? Styles or Scripts > first? Yahoo's performance best practice guide recommends styles in the head and scripts as the last thing before the </body> in a document. See http://developer.yahoo.com/performance/rules.html#css_top for more info. Cheers Dave ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* -------------------Warning------------------------ This e-mail is from outside Tesco - check that it is genuine. Tesco may monitor and record all e-mails. ---- Disclaimer ---- This is a confidential email. Tesco may monitor and record all emails. The views expressed in this email are those of the sender and not Tesco. Tesco Stores Limited Company Number: 519500 Registered in England Registered Office: Tesco House, Delamare Road, Cheshunt, Hertfordshire EN8 9SL VAT Registration Number: GB 220 4302 31 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************