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I'm totally with you that jQuery is a crutch for a lot of devs, but it's also the easiest way to ensure backwards compatibility for IE 6+. If you have enterpris
by eastbayjake 11y ago
I'm totally with you that jQuery is a crutch for a lot of devs, but it's also the easiest way to ensure backwards compatibility for IE 6+. If you have enterprise customers who refuse to upgrade it's probably the most stable way to support them while leveraging the power of modern browsers for enlightened users who have them.
- hit8run 11y agoGood that you mention this point. This is for me the main reason to use jQuery in a project: backwards compatibility. I am gladly in the position where I make my own business decisions and so I choose which browsers I want to support. That said I totally refuse to support super-old browsers like IE6. I even refuse to support IE9. If someone has trouble using a site built on modern standards: Go get a modern browser. If it looks shitty on your old IE6 then don't blame me.