I searched the group for this and came across my own old post (http://
groups.google.com/group/jquery-en/msg/18d7fa95c5f01d2d)

I've noticed that when displaying a large number of elements into a
page, it takes a bit of time to render.

but in order to use document.write, I would have to write to an
iframe, and I don't want to do that.

is there a particuarly efficient way to populate a page with results
in jquery? I can't afford a 2.5 second lag.

any ideas much appreciated.