JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by Encosia » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 9:22 PM UTC

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by ConceitedCode » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:09 PM UTC

The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/major changes or just minor bug fixes and the like?

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by gesman » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:12 PM UTC

No more support for IE 6/7/8. Yay!

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by apendleton » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:13 PM UTC

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 reinvention.

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by apendleton » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:14 PM UTC

ConceitedCode wrote: post #2

The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/major changes or just minor bug fixes and the like?

No, the idea has pretty much always been that jQuery 1.9 and 2.0 would be feature-comparable, just with different sizes and supported browsers. See http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-an...

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by [deleted] » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:15 PM UTC

ConceitedCode wrote: post #2

The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/major changes or just minor bug fixes and the like?

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Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by igravious » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:16 PM UTC

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?

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by epmatsw » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:18 PM UTC

igravious wrote: post #7

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?

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by as_if » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:18 PM UTC

apendleton wrote: post #5

ConceitedCode wrote: post #2

The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/major changes or just minor bug fixes and the like?

No, the idea has pretty much always been that jQuery 1.9 and 2.0 would be feature-comparable, just with different sizes and supported browsers. See http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-an...

They hate IE SO much, they even made the drop a new major release.

This is what I call commitment.

Re: JQuery 2.0 Released

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Post by felixthehat » Thu, Apr 18, 2013, 10:18 PM UTC

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.