defer attribute for external scripts

The boolean defer attribute on script elements allows the external JavaScript file to run when the DOM is loaded, without delaying page load first.

Spec	https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/scripting.html#attr-script-defer
Status	WHATWG Living Standard

IE	Edge	Firefox	Chrome	Safari	Opera
			103
		100	102
		99	101	TP
11	99	98	100	15.4	83
10	98	97	99	15.2-15.3	82
9 ⁽¹⁾	97	96	98	15.1	81
8 ⁽¹⁾	96	95	97	15	80
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7 ⁽¹⁾	95	94	96	14.1	79
6 ⁽¹⁾	94	93	95	14	78
5.5 ⁽¹⁾	93	92	94	13.1	77
	92	91	93	13	76
	91	90	92	12.1	75
	90	89	91	12	74
	89	88	90	11.1	73
	88	87	89	11	72
	87	86	88	10.1	71
	86	85	87	10	70
	85	84	86	9.1	69
	84	83	85	9	68
	83	82	84	8	67
	81	81	83	7.1	66
	80	80	81	7	65
	79	79	80	6.1	64
	18	78	79	6	63
	17	77	78	5.1	62
	16	76	77	5	60
	15	75	76	4	58
	14	74	75	3.2	57
	13	73	74	3.1	56
	12	72	73		55
		71	72		54
		70	71		53
		69	70		52
		68	69		51
		67	68		50
		66	67		49
		65	66		48
		64	65		47
		63	64		46
		62	63		45
		61	62		44
		60	61		43
		59	60		42
		58	59		41
		57	58		40
		56	57		39
		55	56		38
		54	55		37
		53	54		36
		52	53		35
		51	52		34
		50	51		33
		49	50		32
		48	49		31
		47	48		30
		46	47		29
		45	46		28
		44	45		27
		43	44		26
		42	43		25
		41	42		24
		40	41		23
		39	40		22
		38	39		21
		37	38		20
		36	37		19
		35	36		18
		34	35		17
		33	34		16
		32	33		15
		31	32		12.1
		30 ⁽²⁾	31		12
		29 ⁽²⁾	30		11.6
		28 ⁽²⁾	29		11.5
		27 ⁽²⁾	28		11.1
		26 ⁽²⁾	27		11
		25 ⁽²⁾	26		10.6
		24 ⁽²⁾	25		10.5
		23 ⁽²⁾	24		10.0-10.1
		22 ⁽²⁾	23		9.5-9.6
		21 ⁽²⁾	22		9
		20 ⁽²⁾	21
		19 ⁽²⁾	20
		18 ⁽²⁾	19
		17 ⁽²⁾	18
		16 ⁽²⁾	17
		15 ⁽²⁾	16
		14 ⁽²⁾	15
		13 ⁽²⁾	14
		12 ⁽²⁾	13
		11 ⁽²⁾	12
		10 ⁽²⁾	11
		9 ⁽²⁾	10
		8 ⁽²⁾	9
		7 ⁽²⁾	8
		6 ⁽²⁾	7
		5 ⁽²⁾	6
		4 ⁽²⁾	5
		3.6 ⁽²⁾	4
		3.5 ⁽²⁾
		3
		2

Notes

Partial support in older IE refers to a buggy implementation (see issue).
Deferred scripts may run after DOMContentLoaded - https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=688580

IE < 10 may interleave execution of scripts, See the discussion.
Google Chrome does not defer scripts with the defer attribute when the page is served as XHTML (application/xhtml+xml) - Chromium Issue #611136, Chromium Issue #874749

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