The new speed improvements are paying off. I had a page where i displayed a popup (jqModal) and in IE6 the content of the page disappeared for a few seconds before displaying the popup but this is solved dropping in the new jQuery version.
Nice work! David John Resig schreef: > > Hi Everyone - > > I'm pleased to announce the release of jQuery 1.1.3. After many months > of testing, developing, and more testing, we have a very solid release > available for download. It comes with roughly 80+ fixed bugs and a > handful of enhancements for good measure. Highlights include: > > 1. Improved speeds, with DOM traversal over 800% faster than in 1.1.2. > 2. A re-written event system, with more graceful handling of keyboard > events. > 3. A re-written effects system (with an accompanying fx test > suite), featuring faster execution and better cross-platform support. > > Full list of fixes: > http://dev.jquery.com/report/15 > > Download: > > * jQuery 1.1.3 (Compressed, 20KB) > http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/detail?name=jquery-1.1.3.pack.js > > * jQuery 1.1.3 (61KB) > http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/detail?name=jquery-1.1.3.js > * jQuery 1.1.3 (Docs, Source Code) > http://code.google.com/p/jqueryjs/downloads/detail?name=jquery-1.1.3-release.zip > > > As always, if you find any bugs with this release, please post them to > the jQuery Bug Tracker. > > > 1.1.3 Features > > Massive Selector Speed Improvements > > Due to popular demand, we dug deep and made some major changes to > jQuery's selector engine. Here's a breakdown of the speed improvements > that were made to jQuery itself. All numbers are based on the > SlickSpeed test suite. > http://dev.jquery.com/~john/slickjq/ > > Browser jQuery 1.1.2 jQuery 1.1.3 % Improvement > IE 6 4890ms 661ms 740% > Firefox 2 5629ms 567ms 993% > Safari 2 3575ms 475ms 753% > Opera 9.1 3196ms 326ms 980% > Average improvement: 867% > > Additionally, we tested the improved code base against some of the > other popular selector libraries, again with the SlickSpeed test > suite. > http://dev.jquery.com/~john/slick/ > > Browser Prototype jQuery Mootools Ext Dojo > IE 6 1476ms 661ms 1238ms 672ms 738ms > Firefox 2 219ms 567ms 220ms 951ms 440ms > Safari 2 1568ms 475ms 909ms 417ms 527ms > Opera 9.1 220ms 326ms 217ms 296ms 220ms > > A couple things to notice when looking at the speed suite results are > that: > > * We're over 800% faster than we were in jQuery 1.1.2. > * We're the fastest framework in the most popular browser, > Internet Explorer 6. > * We're the only framework that doesn't give incorrect results. > * And all of this comes at no expense to you ― jQuery is still the > same 20KB that you've come to expect and enjoy. > > New Selectors > > Unicode Selectors: This is a huge addition for those of you who want > to use Unicode attribute values, IDs, class names, or tag names. You > can now use them directly in jQuery selectors: > > $("div.台北") > $("div#台北") > $("foo_bar台北") > $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") > > Escape Selectors: A frequently requested feature you can now select > elements by ID (or other selector) that uses a special character, for > example this will find the div that has the ID of "foo.bar": > > $("div#foo\.bar") > > Inequality Selector: While this selector isn't part of the CSS > specification, it's frequently used and included in other selector > libraries, so we decided to add it in: > > $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") > > :nth-child() improvements: This selector allows you to locate specific > child elements. We've supported selectors like :nth-child(1) and > :nth-child(odd) since the beginning of jQuery, now we've added > advanced :nth-child selectors, such as: > > $("div:nth-child(2n)") > $("div:nth-child(2n+1)") > $("div:nth-child(n)") > > Space-separated attributes: After being removed in jQuery 1.0, this > selector has now been brought back by popular demand. It allows you to > locate individual items in a space-separated attribute (such as a > class or rel attribute). > > $("[EMAIL PROTECTED]") > > Animation Improvements > > Speed: Animations are now significantly faster and smoother. > Additionally, you can run more simultaneous animations without > incurring any speed hits. > > Testing: We now have a dedicated test suite for animations ― which has > allowed us to fix a number of pressing animation bugs that weren't > previously locatable. > DOM Event Listeners > > Internally, the jQuery Event system has been overhauled to use the DOM > Event system, rather than the classical "onclick" style of binding > event handlers. This improvement allows you to be more unobtrusive in > your use of the library (not affecting the flow of other libraries > around it). Additionally, it helped to resolve some of the outstanding > issues that existed with binding event listeners to IFrames. > Event Normalization > > Some great steps have been taken to normalize keyboard and mouse > events. You can now access the event.which property to get most > details about the specific key or button that was pressed. > Multiple .is() > > The .is() method can now take multiple selectors, separated by a > comma. This allows you to test your jQuery set against multiple > selectors. > > $("div").is(":visible, :first") > > Browser Version > > A commonly requested feature, by plugin authors, was a way to > determine what browser version their users were using. We now expose > an extra property through which this information can be accessed. > > jQuery.browser.version > > More Bug Fixes > > Please see the ticket listing for the full list of all issues resolved > in this release. > http://dev.jquery.com/report/15 > > > The Future of jQuery > > We've been very concerned with the direction and progress being made > towards furthering the jQuery project. We're focusing on a number of > different aspects now, but the primary concern is still the > advancement of the core jQuery library. We've spec'd out the next two > releases, which you can read more about below: > > jQuery 1.1.4 > > This will be the last release of the jQuery 1.1 branch - another bug > fix release with some minor improvements. This release will also mark > a number of methods as deprecated, in accordance with the upcoming > jQuery 1.2 release. > > We're currently planning on having this release take place at the end > of July. > > jQuery 1.2 > > This will be the next major release of jQuery, containing a > significant number of new features. The full details of this release > can be found in the jQuery 1.2 Roadmap. > > http://docs.jquery.com/JQuery_1.2_Roadmap > > Your comments and feedback on this release are greatly appreciated. > It's still in planning, so nothing is completely final. We're > currently planning on releasing jQuery 1.2 by the end of August. > > > jQuery Books > > We're now up to 4 jQuery books being written and, just as importantly, > they're all being written by members of the jQuery team (so you'll > know that you're getting good information). > > The books and their authors are as follows: > > * Learning jQuery by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer - due out > early July 2007 (Packt Publishing). > http://www.packtpub.com/jQuery/book/mid/100407j4kh3d > * jQuery Reference Guide by Karl Swedberg and Jonathan Chaffer - > due out Summer 2007 (Packt Publishing). > * jQuery Quickly by Yehuda Katz and Bear Bibeault (Manning Publishing). > * Designing with jQuery by Glen Lipka (Manning Publishing). > > This is really fantastic news. I've been able to read some of the > pre-release chapters and I think you're going to be in for a real > treat with these books. > > > jQuery Talks and Conference > > I'd like to announce some talks being given about jQuery in the > upcoming months. Specifically, there will be a number of talks given > about jQuery at both of the Ajax Experience conferences. > > http://ajaxexperience.techtarget.com/ > > At the San Francisco Ajax Experience, John Resig will be giving an > introductory overview to jQuery followed by an advanced jQuery talk. > Glen Lipka will be giving a talk on designing with jQuery. > > At the Boston Ajax Experience, John and Glen will be presenting again, > and will be joined by Paul Bakaus to give a talk on developing intense > applications and games with jQuery. > > Since there's going to be quite a few members of the jQuery team at > the Boston Ajax Experience, we'd like to announce that we're planning > on doing a small, one day, jQuery Conference the next day after the > Ajax Experience. This will be the perfect opportunity for you to meet > the jQuery team and ask any nagging questions that you have. We'll > also be giving a number of talks about specific aspects of jQuery. > We'll have more details about this soon. > > > jQuery UI > > Today, we're also pleased to announce a secret project that we've been > working on: jQuery UI. This project, being written by Paul Bakaus, is > a whole new Drag & Drop library being developed from the ground up > with speed and extensibility taken into consideration. Additionally, > great care is being taken to have the code be fully documented and > tested ― allowing many other developers to use and help extend it. > > This library will contain full code for Draggables, Droppables, > Sortables, Resizables, and a Slider. > > You can take a look at some of Paul's early work in the SVN repository. > > http://dev.jquery.com/browser/trunk/plugins/ui > > > Funding and Thank You > > The new jQuery UI library marks a new step for the jQuery project: > This is a piece of code whose development we're sponsoring using money > donated by you, the jQuery users! > > This is being made possible in two ways: first by your continued > support and donations to the jQuery project, and second by a generous > server donation by Media Temple. This is allowing us to focus our > financial resources on other projects that'll benefit everyone the > most. > > So I'd like to take this opportunity to request additional donations > to help us continue funding exciting new work that you'll be able to > use in your web sites. Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > http://docs.jquery.com/Donate > http://www.mediatemple.net/ > > Once again, I'd like to thank the jQuery team and everyone who has > helped to make this release possible. It's been a lot of work, but I > hope you'll be as pleased with this release as we are. Thank you ― and > thanks for using jQuery! > > --John > >
