Articles :: JavaScript :: DOM or InnerHTML?

written by Toby Miller on August 2, 2005

August 2, 2005

I have always struggled with whether I should use innerHTML or the DOM methods; createElement and createTextNode. Everyone keeps telling me that I should use the DOM methods because they're the proper way to do it. I've always been a big supporter of the W3C efforts, so I naturally want to use the DOM methods. Unfortunately whenever I've tried to use the DOM methods I've ended up with a sluggish application. Everyone thought I was crazy, but this article shows that I probably wasn't crazy (at least about this). =)

So, without delay:

Quirksmode - W3C DOM vs. innerHTML
http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/innerhtml.html

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