Quite a feel of those seem like while you don't need jQuery (so the site is indeed actually named), it's still often easier. Doubly so when you consider that th

Quite a feel of those seem like while you don't need jQuery (so the site is indeed actually named), it's still often easier. Doubly so when you consider that the non-jQuery methods don't always chain together. Admittedly I'm usually using it in places where loading the extra library is not an issue, so if you're really going for slimline, then sure.