monks,
I'm in the middle of creating a new personal web site for myself (that sounds a bit redundant). One thing I am focusing on this time is speed. Particualry, the amount of time it takes for the page to load. The most server taxing process I am running is a frame that loads a guestbook type of application. I have decided to have a random header image on the page, my question is: 1) Would the page load faster if i did a some of the scripting on the client's side in JavaScript, as opposed to perl on the server side? and if so, 2) are there indicators that I can look for to know when I should begin doing more of the work on the browser and less on the server?

here are some things I'm taking into account:
  1. the script is small and it probably makes no diff where it's run
  2. some people may not have JavaScript
  3. even if the browser can do it faster, that probably wouldn't be the case for everyone
I'd like to hear your opinions and experience.
-Silent11

In reply to speed : client or server side by silent11

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