I would add another point, which is the strongest IMHO: using jQuery you won't incur any of the tons browser bugs fixed by jQuery, like for instance [this worka

I would add another point, which is the strongest IMHO: using jQuery you won't incur any of the tons browser bugs fixed by jQuery, like for instance [this workaround to bugged Safari 7.1/8.0 querySelector](http://blog.jquery.com/2014/12/18/jquery-1-11-2-and-2-1-3-released-safari-fail-safe-edition http://blog.jquery.com/2014/12/18/jquery-1-11-2-and-2-1-3-re...), which was just solved.