removing unused DOM elements for performance
<p>I'm writing a single page application. When the page is initially served, it contains many DOM elements that contain json strings that I'm injecting into the page.</p>

<p>When the page loads on the client, the first thing that happens is that these DOM elements are parsed from json to javascript objects and then they're never used again.</p>

<p>Would there be a performance benefit into deleting them from the DOM and reducing its size? I haven't found any conclusive data about this aspect. For info, these elements are about 500K in size. </p>

<p>Thanks for your suggestions.</p>
