- From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2010 09:41:22 -0700
- To: Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu>
- Cc: Getify <getify@gmail.com>, public html <public-html@w3.org>
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Boris Zbarsky <bzbarsky@mit.edu> wrote: > On 10/12/10 11:57 AM, Getify wrote: >> >> Yes, sites will need to keep their LABjs >> up to date, but that's far less impactful to overall page behavior than >> say asking them to keep jQuery up to date > > Sites don't keep jQuery up to date. Not even close. They don't even _try_ > to keep it up to date. They just grab a jquery version, treat it as a > given, and develop against it. This means it maybe gets updated every time > there's a wholesale site redesign. > > At least this describes the sites I've seen with my browser developer hat > on. This certainly matches *my* behavior as a web developer. I actually go to jQuery's site fairly regularly, so I update jQuery every once in a while just because I'm there, but all my addons and other libraries? Not a chance. I download them once and that's it, unless I have a problem with the library and my searching leads me to discover a new version. ~TJ
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