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Marshall Salinger wrote: > Congratulations jQuery team. You guys rock! > > The news about jQuery UI is really exciting, I can't wait to test it out. > > Thanks, > Marshall > > John Resig wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > > -- http://cjordan.us
