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document.getElementsByTagName('a').item(0)
and
document.getElementsByTagName('a')[0]
will return the same result…
Is the former faster than the latter?
Selfmade performance test: http://jsfiddle.net/438jh/2/
The difference seems to be negligible. The second method performs better in most case, but if you have a look on how often the loop is performed it does not really matter.
Chrome: