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JQuery 1.2.6: Events 100% faster
- nostrademons 18y agoI can confirm this - I've been using 1.2.6b for a couple weeks on a JQuery-UI based app, and it's much better for anything involving mouse movement. Before, mousemove() was virtually unusable for performance reasons. Now, everything is reasonably snappy.
- Spyckie 18y agoThese improvements sound great. .css, .attr, and .map were major bottlenecks in my performance, meaning a lot of JQuery functionality was just too costly to use (performance-wise). Now, I'll have to play around with JQuery to see if it's usable for some heavy javascripting. 300% speed increase in drag and drop? I'll have to start using that somewhere...
- jamongkad 18y agoI'm willing to say that jQuery has changed the face of the JS environment in general.
- hello_moto 18y agoWait until GWT has its breakthrough year.
- simonw 18y agojQuery is designed to work unobtrusively - it's easy to write applications using jQuery that still work with JavaScript disabled. GWT is a JavaScript black-hole. You simply can't create unobtrusive applications with it - your only option is to write two versions of your site, one using regular HTML and another using GWT. Also, some of us prefer writing JavaScript to writing Java. Crazy, I know.
- hello_moto 18y agoNah, I don't think it's crazy to prefer JS over Java. I use Python as a hobby myself.
- ajross 18y agoAmen! I'm not really a web developer by nature. The client environment has always driven me nuts: layer on layer of slightly-incompatible cruft. And giant javascript libraries just make the problem worse, not better. jQuery is like a breath of fresh air. I find it absolutely amazing that a library like this (based on minimalism of all things!) actually got mindshare in the modern world. Bravo!
- misterbwong 18y agoAgreed. I just started using jQuery for a project and I am amazed at how easy it was to learn and implement.