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innerHTML Replacemnt
Two javascript functions that manipulate the DOM, and together provide the same benefits as innerHTML whilst adhering to web standards.
Hopefully will help reduce a few DOM scripting headaches :)
15 oct at 17:48 by Steve Tucker
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Nice pick Steve. Very useful! Thanks for posting.
Performance wise how does this compare to using the normal innerHTML?
I remember doing some speed checks on DOM methods vs innerHTML a while ago and the DOM methods performed very badly compared to innerHTML
I know that the DOM methods are web standards and innerHTML is not but lets be realistic. The innerHTML method isnt going to vanish anytime soon. And sometimes a huge increase in performance can be worth bending the rules (standards) for.
However I would prefer to use DOM methods so if you can provide some performance figures in comparission to innerHTML that'd be great :)
Thanks Craig :)
@Aaron: I know exactly where you're coming from with this comment. Speed is very important, which is why I've been streamlining the function for greater efficiency for some time. Other than basic eyeballing checks however I have done very few tests. To the naked eye innerXHTML appears very quick indeed. If you look at http://www.hasselhoffisgod.com innerXHTML completely rewrites the whole document - everything within the body tag - on page load, and completes without even a blink. I plan however to do some proper stopwatch testing soon, and when I do I will post the results on my website with the rest of the data Ive collected :)
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