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Really amazed at the way John ingeniously "patched" the broken cross-platform language

• invisible 18y ago
  Which part are you referring to? Just curious.
• diN0bot 18y ago
  it's hard to tell what 'amazed' and '"patched"' mean. rather, it's hard to know what you're saying and with what overtones. are you sharing a fun joke or being rude? i think you might be downvoted for perceived sarcasm/meanness. it could be a mistake.
  • riobard 18y ago
    Oh, sorry! I wasn't trying to go specific about the detail, just some general feeling I have towards jQuery. I guess I'd better explain why I feel so. I was experimenting with JavaScript a couple of years ago before jQuery/Prototype/etc took off. IE6 was the absolutely major browser back then, but I was expecting JavaScript to work both in Firefox and IE6. You couldn't imagine how frustrated I felt trying to get anything work cross-platform flawlessly. Then I came across jQuery. I think it was still in an "alpha" stage then -- the whole idea was awesome, but with many bugs (I even worked one out and had John patched it with my code). I was amazed at the way John solved the problems of JavaScript (personally I do not like JavaScript), saving a lot of trouble for me. Later I moved on and was not involved with JavaScript for quite a while. But I still kept an eye on the evolution of jQuery. I was really excited by the animation effects jQuery provides (how could one possibly achieve that in such a language with broken support? He must be a genius!). As for the 1.3 release, I think "future detection" probably solves the cross-platform issue once and for all. That's what I meant when I said the word "patched". Forgive my broken English -- it's not my mother tongue :|