>   Mootools distribution allows you to build a custom distribution with
> just the functionality you need.
> I would love it if we could do this with jquery.

I think it's a bad idea. The MooTools download is very confusing, and you need
to really know what you want/need in order to get a usable download. That's a
lot of decisions to make for someone who may not be a js hacker and may just
want a framework to work with.

The benefit of having a single (small) package is that the same functionality
is there all the time, every time. You don't have different versions of js
files on different pages and being cached separately. You don't wonder why
plugin X doesn't work, then realize that you have package Y of jQuery instead
of package Z. Instead of plugins just requiring jQuery, they would require
components A, B, and C of jQuery. It just adds a whole level of confusion.

Matt Kruse


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