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Re:Why loading third party scripts async is not good enough by billpatrianakos on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @11:51AM (#3270616)
Ok. Fair enough. I never thought of it that way. I stand corrected. I'm tempted to argue that some third party scripts may be necessary for presenting content and delaying them can mess up a user experience. But we all know not to do that so that point is moot however there are excepts, however few, to every rule.

All that aside, though I'd say I just changed my mind to agree with you.

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Re:Why loading third party scripts async is not good enough by mjpizz on Wednesday November 23, 2011 @12:14PM (#3270736)
Definitely. Though with small modifications, you should be able to have your cake and eat it too:

http://www.olark.com/spw/2011/10/lightningjs-safe-fast-and-a...

...this technique begins downloads immediately, but still avoids blocking window.onload (just ran a brief test myself to verify this behavior). Unfortunately, it requires the third-party provider to adopt LightningJS. Here's to hoping that more providers take notice :)

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