[jQuery] Re: Lower speed with 1.3.1 vs 1.2.6 with simple parsing

[Sjoland]

The markup look like this:

<li class="MenuItem processMenuItem" id="MENUID-D">
<a href="processing/x/">X<br>Processing</a>
<ul>
<li class="Intro">
<h4>If you recieve 20,000 invoices per year, you can save at least
$100,000</h4>
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do
eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua.</p>
</li>
<li class="News Disabled">
<a href="processing/x/news/" title="News summary.">News text...</a>
</li>
<li class="Splash Disabled">
<a href="processing/x/splash/" title="Splash summary.">Splash text...</
a>
<img src="media/splashImage.jpg">
</li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Overview">Overview</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Introduction" title="We are
experts in sorting.">Introduction</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Article">Article</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Features">Features</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#References" title="IKEA,
Porsche, Pfizer, SAS, Tetra Pak, Carlsberg, DaimlerChrysler, LEGO,
Bosch, DFDS transport, Canon...">References</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Technical">Technical</a></
li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Integration" title="Lorem
ipsum dolor sit amet.">Integration</a></li>
<li class="Anchor"><a href="processing/x/#Downloads">Downloads</a></
li>
</ul>
</li>

The timer looks like this:
var timer = {
        time: 0,
        now: function(){ return (new Date()).getTime(); },
        start: function(){ this.time = this.now(); },
        since: function(){ return this.now()-this.time; }
};

...and I start the timer in the last row of the last script being
loaded...

Yes, I know there are many ways to improve and optimize my methods,
BUT that's not my main issue right now, becuse any improvment like the
one Ricardobeat suggests still ends up with less speed in 1.3.1 vs
1.2.6.

Thanks,
/Johan