Dave Methvin schrieb: >> My line was meant more to reflect that fact the programming >> cross browser DOM stuff in JavaScript is really painful and >> not fun. jQuery has made it fun! Sure there are lots of other >> libraries that support cross browser scripting, but they tend >> to be more obtrusive, heavy handed and in your face. >> jQuery lets you focus on what you need to do. > > Agreed, it's the DOM bindings that make web programming so tedious. By > wrapping them in jQuery it becomes a lot less painful and a whole lot > shorter. > > Read Paul Graham's essay "Succinctness is Power" and you would swear he > wrote it with jQuery in mind. > http://www.paulgraham.com/power.html > > Maybe that should be the focus of the slogan, something like these: > > jQuery: Write less and do more > jQuery: Say no more (for Monty Python fans) > jQuery: Web programming, short and sweet Dave, thanks a lot four that link! I like to idea to put some "thought" behind jQuery.
I'm currently reading "Revenge of the Nerds", and this sentence is just so true: Within large organizations, the phrase used to describe this approach is "industry best practice." Its purpose is to shield the pointy-haired boss from responsibility: if he chooses something that is "industry best practice," and the company loses, he can't be blamed. He didn't choose, the industry did. Thanks again for the link! -- Jörn Zaefferer http://bassistance.de _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
