The author's point is valid for selectors, but he is not considering the plethora of plug-ins that are built on top of jQuery and just work. Until browsers can

The author's point is valid for selectors, but he is not considering the plethora of plug-ins that are built on top of jQuery and just work. Until browsers can support all of that, I think we are a LONG way from saying goodbye to jQuery. For all I know jQuery is saving me a ton of time when working on my prototype for the new side project. Last thing I want to do is to re-invent the wheel at my own expense :)