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It looks to me like he's worried (or saying that other people are/might be worried) about how long 1.9 will continue to be supported for.
From the post: "...we’ve got jQuery 1.x to handle older browsers and fully expect to support it for several more years."
it would be nice to see a 2.0 vs 1.9 bench on FF/Chrome/IE9+, much more interested in that than a non-noticeable 11k size reduction for the end user (maybe only slightly noticeable on very slow mobile).
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As many versions as used by the audience that they serve I suppose; how is the choice up to him?
At the speed web development is moving, I don't see much sense in coddling browsers that are more than 2-3 years old.
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As many versions as used by the audience that they serve I suppose; how is the choice up to him?
At the speed web development is moving, I don't see much sense in coddling browsers that are more than 2-3 years old.
If you are, great. No coddling necessary. But for other people, they may not be comfortable with the percentages yet, and I think that's perfectly understandable.
I cannot believe IE8 is now considered 'old'. It is the second most used browser+version on our site, and has about 80% as much usage as the leader, IE9. Can't see IE8 support being droppable for many years yet.
Even IE9 is pretty old. It's over 2 years old by now. IE8 is over 4 years old. IE11 will be released soon. How many versions of IE do you intend to support?
Dropping them isn't an option.
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As many versions as used by the audience that they serve I suppose; how is the choice up to him?
At the speed web development is moving, I don't see much sense in coddling browsers that are more than 2-3 years old.
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From the post: "...we’ve got jQuery 1.x to handle older browsers and fully expect to support it for several more years."
Exactly. What does "several" mean? Are we talking two years? Five? A decade? Until jQuery changes their minds?
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Sorry if I seem cranky, but did you READ the blog post? jQuery 1.9 supports those browsers and the jQuery team still supports it. Do you have a problem with us supporting a second version that can be smaller, faster, and work in places other than obsolete browsers?
It looks to me like he's worried (or saying that other people are/might be worried) about how long 1.9 will continue to be supported for.
1.9 will be supported for as long as people care about to support it.
Do those complaining want to somehow tell the developers what they should be working on? Where does the sense of entitlement come?
Even if the whole core team insists on going 2.0 only at some point (high unlikely), it's not like it needs any highly technical skills for interested people to jump in and maintain 1.9.
Most of the stuff has been stable for ages, and small fixes are easy to add if needed.
I'm glad they decided to continue support for 1.x for now.
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From the post: "...we’ve got jQuery 1.x to handle older browsers and fully expect to support it for several more years."
Exactly. What does "several" mean? Are we talking two years? Five? A decade? Until jQuery changes their minds?
Not to mention that the whole question is moot, for reasons I states on my comment above.