Due to an issue that came up with a website I have to use javascript for all of the links on the page.
like so…
<a href="javascript:this.location = 'stamping.html'"><img src="image.png"/></a>
Will having many links with javascript on the webpage slow it down significantly?
Does the Javascript run when the page initially loads or only when a link is clicked?
EDIT: For those asking why I’m doing this. I’m creating an iPad site, when you use the ‘add to home page’ button to add the site as an icon, it allows users to view the site with no address bar.
However everytime a link is clicked it reopens Safari in a new window with the address bar back.
The only solution I could find was using javascript instead of an html based link to open the page.
For further reference see…
iPad WebApp Full Screen in Safari
2nd answer
“It only opens the first (bookmarked) page full screen. Any next page will be opened WITH the address bar visible again. Whatever meta tag you put into your page header…”
3rd answer down
“If you want to stay in a browser without launching a new window use this HTML code:
a href="javascript:this.location = 'index.php?page=1'"
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I can see this adding to the bandwidth needs of a site marginally (very marginally), but the render time and the response time on clicking shouldn’t be noticeable.
If it is a large concern I would recommend benchmarking the two different approaches to compare the real impact.