Dean Edwards wrote:
The point is that there is room for all of these methods for retrieving DOM nodes. As there is no useful existing standard let's add stuff that people actually want instead of referring them to vapour ware.
I guess the question is "why bother with getElementByClassName if a full getElementByCSSSelector-type method is available"?. Possible answers would include speed and ease of use but I'm not sure either applies here.
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