Dude doesn't know what loading means. His graph is selector performance ... he's an idiot.
On Feb 25, 2011, at 10:01 AM, Steve Onnis wrote: > There are a few things i wouldn't mind raising though such as load times as > i find it interesting that they say mootools takes longer to load in the > browser. Is that a result of the way things like Element are extended? > > I would have to agree about the UI side of things and that jQuery has more > UI stuff available, but then i would say that it is because mootools is a > developers framework, and that jQuery is a designers framework who don't > really know how to develop that plug-ins on their own which is why they use > jQuery. This by point negates the point of jQuery having an official UI > library. However it would be nice to have some core UI components like > resizable/dragable modal windows and resizable layout APIs. > > I would though disagree with the points that mootools is more confusing and > that it is harder to learn than jQuery. From the tutorials i have seen on > the jQuery site, the syntax is actually more complicated and less "sexy" as > the author puts it. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ryan Florence [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, 26 February 2011 3:11 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [Moo] Silly Debait > > I wasted some time on a rebuttal, he probably won't approve the comment > though. > > > On Feb 25, 2011, at 7:11 AM, hazlema wrote: > >> Its not my goal to downplay jQuery or say Mootools is better, they are >> just different. But this artical why jQuery is better is just the >> funniest thing I have ever read (or close to it). >> >> http://www.jquery4u.com/articles/jquery-mootools/ >> >> I really like reason #2. >> jQuery is less confusing than Mootools! >> It has less native extensions (including element) - jQuery has about a >> dozen for Array, Object, and String and Mootools has about six dozen >> for Array, Object, String, Function, and Number. >> >> While I can't argue the point of jQuery being easier to pickup, easier >> does not mean better.. Is Visual Basic better then C++ because its >> easier? However by giving you less functionality jQuery is somehow >> better. > >
