[daneel]

1) Though it's not fool proof (because there is no upper limit on file size), a large JavaScript application that consists of many scripts can be minified and concatenated, reducing download times. The situation can be made better with aggressive caching too, not to mention the client side cache, so I don't see how JavaScript can really be a culprit in "slowing down the internet". Seems a strange idea. If a client side application is written poorly, I can see how that might lead to the perception that JavaScript is to blame, but undeservedly so. I blame the mediocre developer for that :P