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I wish Microsoft would shoehorn at least IE9 into XP, maybe like Chrome Frame. It's crazy how many people are still stuck with XP/IE8 which is a massive web dev headache.
Serious question. Please hit me with a clue stick. Regarding 1.9, how can "old-IE compatibility often causes problems of its own" and "simplest way to support older browsers is to use jQuery 1.x on your site, since it works for all browsers." both be true at one and the same time?
Keeping old-IE compatibility prevents some optimizations and makes the code have to do extra checks, but using one file that supports it is simpler than using two files?
The stop gap solution of 1.9 as being parallel to 2.0 but with compatibility, is understandable, but will probably promote distrust in developers who just need a stable cross-platform solution. I think the immediate concern with 1.9, is how long it will continue in parallel with 2.x before being dropped
Serious question. Please hit me with a clue stick. Regarding 1.9, how can "old-IE compatibility often causes problems of its own" and "simplest way to support older browsers is to use jQuery 1.x on your site, since it works for all browsers." both be true at one and the same time?
They're going to keep big-fixing 1.X so people stuck with IE6/7/8 can keep supporting it, but moving forward with 2.x for modern browsers makes their lives easier in the long run, and provides yet another coffin nail in Microsoft's attempt decade-old attempt to break the web.
I think what a lot of people are upset about here, is jQuery entered the web development scene as "the library that solved cross-browser compatibility issues". Now while IE 6 is an obvious one to drop, IE 7 is a little tougher, and IE 8 is down right impossible to drop at this time. I understand that jQuery wants to promote a modern framework, but people didn't adopt it for it's fancy features. They adopted it becaus…
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Keeping old-IE compatibility prevents some optimizations and makes the code have to do extra checks, but using one file that supports it is simpler than using two files?
Ok, so the problems it causes are pain points for the jQuery devs and not for website devs? Also, the underlying code is more complex and lacks optimizations? Until old drops off the radar completely we'll have to use 1.9 solely or do a conditional check and serve the suitable version - serving 1.9 seems simpler ^^, call me lazy, many have,
I think what a lot of people are upset about here, is jQuery entered the web development scene as "the library that solved cross-browser compatibility issues". Now while IE 6 is an obvious one to drop, IE 7 is a little tougher, and IE 8 is down right impossible to drop at this time. I understand that jQuery wants to promote a modern framework, but people didn't adopt it for it's fancy features. They adopted it becaus…
The addition of the ability to just use querySelectorAll as the selector engine and not ship Sizzle is a pretty big deal, and not something I remember being included in earlier discussions about jQuery 2. qSA still includes a pretty broad set of selectors, and the ability to get the build down to 10k minified and gzipped puts it squarely in Zepto's territory, size-wise, eliminating the need for that particular wheel…