And to address the other question about loading jQuery from the Google Ajax Library, that is actually a *recommended* practice. It increases the chance of jquery.js being found in the browser cache, and it allows the file to be downloaded in parallel with other files from your domain.
-Mike > From: KeeganWatkins > > not sure how/why this question keeps coming up, but the answer is no. > there was a post on this group claiming that jQueryUI was > "calling home" to jqueryui.com, when in fact that author was > simply linking to the script on the jqueryui.com domain, but > i digress... > > the jQuery library does not initiate any requests. i'd > recommend firebug's "net" panel if you want to keep tabs on > the requests being made by your pages. > On May 10, 3:30 am, Loudin <dinerstein.mich...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm relatively new to programming with JQuery, so please > forgive me if > > this question comes off as uninformed - I couldn't find the > answer to > > it anywhere. > > > > My website had been calling the JQuery library available on > Google to > > use for implementation. I realized this was quite the bad > practice and > > moved the library over to my own server to increase load time. > > However, a friend told me that the JQuery library actually makes a > > call to the JQuery website even if you were to call an > instance of the > > library resting on your own server. Is this true? It seems like it > > would be quite the resource drain if it were to be true. Can anyone > > shed some light on this issue?
