A similar technique (albeit a poor-mans version) that I use when I have an expensive bit of HTML to render is to load a div after the initial page has completel

A similar technique (albeit a poor-mans version) that I use when I have an expensive bit of HTML to render is to load a div after the initial page has completely rendered, using intercooler.js: http://intercoolerjs.org/examples/lazyload.html http://intercoolerjs.org/examples/lazyload.html You can throw an indicator in there too, to let users know what is going on.