jquery + scripts at the bottom (pagespeed)

[EvanGR]

Has anyone managed to optimize a virtuemart site for speed, by moving the scripts at the bottom of the page?

I've done similar optimizations for Joomla websites, but it doesn't seem easy (or possible?) for Virtuemart. e.g. There are inline scripts added in the head which almost certainly require jquery and some VM js files to be loaded.

It would be great if all scripts could be deferred/asynced or simply be placed at the bottom for faster page loading and user experience.

[jenkinhill]

This is being considered by the developers for VM3 or later, but I believe this can cause problems with AJAX which VM makes extensive use of.

[GJC Web Design]

also apart from the jquery library itself which should cache  the vmprices.js etc are tiny

[EvanGR]

I suspect that it should be technically possible to have all scripts load later, and still have full AJAX functionality (it just needs to be coded appropriately). Good to know it's been considered for VM3!

[MKI-Miro]

anything new about this topic?