top | item 4148787 (no title) mkmcdonald | 13 years ago The DOM API is clear enough that silly abstractions like "selector engines" are unnecessary.The C vs. Assembly argument is such a silly non-point; apples and artichokes. discuss order hn newest nilliams|13 years ago Selector engines are clearly not silly abstractions otherwise all major browsers would not have implemented querySelectorAll. MatthewPhillips|13 years ago But since they did, why use jQuery on mobile when 100% of mobile browsers support querySelectorAll? mkmcdonald|13 years ago …which is a façade for the existing CSS engine. Developers clamoured for it (right or wrong), and it was implemented. taligent|13 years ago Hilarious that you think that one of the core features of the most successful JS library in history is a "silly abstraction".And JQuery is much more than just a selector engine.
nilliams|13 years ago Selector engines are clearly not silly abstractions otherwise all major browsers would not have implemented querySelectorAll. MatthewPhillips|13 years ago But since they did, why use jQuery on mobile when 100% of mobile browsers support querySelectorAll? mkmcdonald|13 years ago …which is a façade for the existing CSS engine. Developers clamoured for it (right or wrong), and it was implemented.
MatthewPhillips|13 years ago But since they did, why use jQuery on mobile when 100% of mobile browsers support querySelectorAll?
mkmcdonald|13 years ago …which is a façade for the existing CSS engine. Developers clamoured for it (right or wrong), and it was implemented.
taligent|13 years ago Hilarious that you think that one of the core features of the most successful JS library in history is a "silly abstraction".And JQuery is much more than just a selector engine.
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mkmcdonald|13 years ago
taligent|13 years ago
And JQuery is much more than just a selector engine.