FYI, not anymore. $() === $([])
It now returns an empty jQuery collection -- Ariel Flesler On May 3, 5:22 am, Klaus Hartl <klaus.ha...@googlemail.com> wrote: > $() === $(document) > > --Klaus > > On 3 Mai, 07:39, kiusau <kiu...@mac.com> wrote: > > > QUESTION: What does the first pair of parentheses indicate in the > > following statement: > > > $().getBrowserInformation(); > > > BACKGROUND: I have noticed that their presence or absence can make or > > break JavaScript's acknowledgement of a method's existence on the one > > hand, but seem entirely unnecessary under other circumstances. > > > Roddy > >