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In a Mobile Website if a JavaScript can enhance UX but will make the page little slower to load, is it ok to use javascript?

Or we should always give preference to speed specially on mobile?

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Is it possible for you to instead progressively enhance the website, i.e., load the basic site (for quick rendition) and subsequently load additional JavaScript etc. used to enhance the UX? – jensgram Sep 8 '11 at 9:02
@jensgram - you mean Loading page data before and javascript after? by keeping javascript file at bottom of the page? – Jitendra Vyas Sep 8 '11 at 9:07
Yes, that's one way to do it. See Vinko Vrsalovic's answer. – jensgram Sep 8 '11 at 9:29

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You can also combine @vinko-vrsalovic answer with Application Cache
That way the file is only loaded at the beginning and when you update it.

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Of course, it depends on what exactly are you enhancing and at what cost. But the ideal solution would be to load fast a minimally usable version and enhance it progressively, for example via loading Javascript on demand

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Kind of impossible to say. You have to weight the advantages that the javascript gives the user to the added size of the total page. In general though - javascript is light weight and can be used to partially load data with AJAX - which in the end will make the total experience load faster.

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