Title: Functionally great
Last modified: October 30, 2020

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# Functionally great

 *  [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/)
 * (@paulgpetty)
 * [5 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/)
 * … but from a performance perspective not so good.
 * I’d removed jQuery from my Theme, but this plugin depends on that.
 * It also depends on jQuery UI & jQuery Tools … that’s a lot of JavaScript, for
   a small amount of functionality.
 * Check Page Speed Insights with & without this activated.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-13607526)
 * Hi [@paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/),
 * Thank you for drawing our attention on site performance wrt jQuery libraries.
   I’m figuring out how to achieve part of it with CSS transitions fired up by a
   bit of JS, but for controlled scrolling as we have it with `footnotes`, I see
   no alternative.
 * Best regards.
 *  Thread Starter [paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/)
 * (@paulgpetty)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-13607795)
 * You can ditch JS for scrolling, check out:
 * [https://caniuse.com/?search=scroll-behavior](https://caniuse.com/?search=scroll-behavior)
 * The catch is that for IE11 & Safari the links wouldn’t animate … very small price
   to pay for no JS.
 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-13608149)
 * Thank you for this resource and the hint. When I tested smooth scrolling it didn’t
   work. On the other hand, too slow smooth scrolling tends to waste visitors’ time
   for no benefit when scrolling directions are anticipated. One main advantage 
   is the scroll offset, but that can be achieved with pure HTML/CSS.
 * We’re receiving opposite user requests too, because HTML scrolling to fragment
   IDs, be it from footnotes or from TOC and others, is logged in the browsing history
   and prevents the back-button from working efficiently when the goal is to go 
   back to the previous page. I wasn’t aware when adding hyperlinks to referrers
   and backlinks, now removed for upcoming v2.0.4. I’d guess this browser behavior
   could make it to a setting.
 *  Plugin Contributor [pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/)
 * (@pewgeuges)
 * [5 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-13671902)
 * [@paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/)
 * Now Footnotes will be coming with an option to not load any script, and to display
   CSS-animated tooltips fired up by a few lines of JS. Unlogged, animated scrolling
   still works, at least when I check it. As a preview, our current development 
   version 2.1.1d10 is available at [https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/footnotes.zip](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/footnotes.zip)
 * Zero jQuery loaded by the plugin, still fully functional so far.
 * This option is available under Customize > Mouse-over box > Use alternative tooltip
   implementation -> Yes.
 * Thank you again for your advice!
 *  Plugin Author [Mark Cheret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markcheret/)
 * (@markcheret)
 * [5 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-14106486)
 * Hi [@paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) thanks for 
   your input and [@pewgeuges](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pewgeuges/) thanks
   for tending to the topics brought up.
 * [@paulgpetty](https://wordpress.org/support/users/paulgpetty/) thank you for 
   rating the plugin. Would you consider changing it after the latest developments?
 * Best wishes,
    Mark
 *  [reelism](https://wordpress.org/support/users/reelism/)
 * (@reelism)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/functionally-great/#post-14361078)
 * Hi guys, just a heads up that I’m going to try because I read the above, but 
   wouldn’t be if I hadn’t. Get this info out in front!

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