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Add a fallback for Load jQuery in case it fails to load from Stack's CDN if Google's CDN is blocked (or always)

Google's CDN is nice, but nothing'sit's not 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by default. 

It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

I'm not suggesting thatIf you don't want to stop using it, but consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript"><script>
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>

Add a fallback for jQuery in case it fails to load from Google's CDN

Google's CDN is nice, but nothing's 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by default. It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

I'm not suggesting that you stop using it, but consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>

Load jQuery from Stack's CDN if Google's CDN is blocked (or always)

Google's CDN is nice, but it's not 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by default. 

It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

If you don't want to stop using it, consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script>
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>
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Google's CDN is nice, but nothing's 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networkshave had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by defaultmay prefer to block external scripts by default. It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

I'm not suggesting that you stop using it, but consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>

Google's CDN is nice, but nothing's 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by default. It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

I'm not suggesting that you stop using it, but consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>

Google's CDN is nice, but nothing's 100% reliable for all users. It occasionally fails to load for me. Other users have had trouble with it due to sloppily-configured networks, and some may prefer to block external scripts by default. It's one more possible point of failure. It would be preferable if Stack Exchange didn't depend on it.

I'm not suggesting that you stop using it, but consider adding a fallback if it fails to load. Something like this:

<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script type="text/javascript">
  if (!window.jQuery) {
    document.write('<script src="https://cdn.sstatic.net/stackoverflow/content/js/jquery-1.7.1.min.js"><\/script>');
  }
</script>
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