Does jquery makes the browser slow?

Question

I'm using jQuery in my web page. Will this make the web page to load contents slow?

Using jQuery is advantage than JavaScript or not why?...

Answer 1

Inspect your page with Firebug and YSlow to see where the bottleneck actually is.

Generally speaking, JS does make your page load slower. However, on modern machines and with modern Internet connection speeds this delay is not even noticeable. However, excessive use of JS can potentially make your page operate slower.