I know several of you are working on creating a plugin for this. I thought I'd join the fun. =P The syntax might be a little different, so I don't want to discourage anyone from making their own.
Check out the source here: http://jqueryjs.googlecode.com/svn/branches/sean-dev/jquery.dom.js And a demo here: http://dev.jquery.com/view/branches/sean-dev/jquery.dom.html It's not finished, but it was a fun start. ~Sean