To help you do just that, let's look at ways to reduce your download and your working set, and to optimize your script. Because you have moved the common source into a separate file, the file only has to be downloaded once. After the first download, the file stays in the browser cache, and never has to come over the wire again. In a previous column, Getting Your Data into a Bind , I discussed the data-binding features of Internet Explorer.
Data binding is a great way to reduce page download size.
When you use both VBScript and JavaScript on the same page, both script engines are loaded into memory. Simply rewriting your code to use only one language will make your pages faster. On the left side of the document will be a list of topics. Effective, but heavy. And heavy means slow.