> From what I can see jQuery looks a little bit more straightforward to > code, although it seems to me that Mootools does more "out of the box" > - a lot of stuff I can write in Mootools in a few lines of code (using > the core) seems to require additional classes or plug ins with jQuery > - is that a fair statement? > > There's no doubt jQuery is WAY more widely used and is being more > actively developed (which counts for a lot, of course), so I'm > wondering if I should switch permanently.
Continue down your path and use jQuery for a while. Then you'll be able to make an informed judgment for yourself. There are countless resources available online. I assumed you've already found then via Google.