I think option 2, is the right one. Anything can be good, if done right (or used in the right place, same thing). For instance, I'd consider a stock ticker, to be maybe usefull. Or any other situation ...
Last night, John Mueller did a hangout at the GooglePlex and Martin Splitt from the Webmaster Trends Analyst team was with him who was able to answer some really technical JavaScript questions. This ...