Speed up IE when grabbing element for the first time with a $ type method in the sense that it won't need to copy Element.prototype props onto the element. Possible slowdown in browsers at that same spot in the sense that an extra object will need to be created.
On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 7:28 PM, Barry van Oudtshoorn < [email protected]> wrote: > Looks like this has made its way to the Ajaxian: > http://ajaxian.com/archives/prototype-2-0-will-not-extend-the-dom . > > Interestingly, some commenters suggest that *not* extending the DOM will > result in a faster framework, which I have to say feels somewhat > counterintuitive; as Aaron points out, surely that would just slow non-IE > browsers down, rather than speed up the framework generally. > > I'd be interested in some sort of "halfway" extension of elements in IE -- > that is to say, using document.id() gets you some baseline functionality > across all browsers (eg set(), get(), inject(), adopt(), etc), whilst > document.uberID() gets you all of the functionality available. I find that > there are a few extensions (such as inject()) that I use an awful lot, > whilst others I use only rarely. What do you think? Is this a feasible > "half-way" solution to the problem? > > > On 07/04/10 04:14, Fábio M. Costa wrote: > > Mootools 1.3 will have a new selector engine (Slick) that provides a public > API for selecting nodes, so it will be easy to select nodes without the need > to extend them, as you need. > > -- > Fábio Miranda Costa > Solucione Sistemas > Engenheiro de interfaces > > > On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 4:43 PM, Aaron Newton <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If we implement wrappers, it won't speed things up for IE, it'll slow down >> everything for the other browsers (that allow us to alter the Element >> prototype as we do currently). >> >> Obviously we shouldn't have to "work around" the JavaScript framework >>> integrated, it should provide ease of use in every situation. >>> >> >> That is always our goal. >> > > > > -- > Not sent from my Apple πPhone. > > -- To unsubscribe, reply using "remove me" as the subject.
