Again, unless you're developing for the two oldest and slowest computers on the 'Net, 90k and 9000 lines of code is *nothing* and/or cached.
And you get all of the stuff that's been pointed out in this thread: - a standard way of handling things so that, if you get hit by a bus and your replacement knows jquery, (s)he'll have no troubles stepping in - more-or-less guaranteed cross-browser compatibility - functions to do much more than "some Ajax facilities" when your page/app grows - hundreds of plugins and jqueryui for when your page/app grows - etc On Fri, May 20, 2011 at 10:05 AM, <> wrote: > > >>So you agree with an incorrect assesment of the size of jQuery? It's > 31KB minimized, not 300k. > > 230k to be more accurate, and about 9000 lines of code in only one file. > The minimized version is 90k and still equivalent to 9000 lines of code to > be compiled. > Again, if one just needs some Ajax facilities, this is like Gross Bertha. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:344768 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm