Looks like the performance improvements are aided by the new native methods in the latest browsers. I wonder at what point they will stop supporting older browsers like IE6.
One of the big benefits off jquery or similar libraries is that they isolate you from the browser DOM differences. I happen to like getting IE6 support for free and I hope they don't stop supporting it for at least a few years.
John Resig stated that IE6 at this point is not causing any major pain points in developing jQuery. In fact he said he'd rather drop support for IE7 since that browser actually introduced two bugs that were not there in IE6. To me the performance gap between the IE family and the other browsers is what's driving the adoption of the alternative better browsers at this point. I'd rather be able to tell people that if they upgrade they'll have a better experience, than to have to tell them that they have no choice but to ditch IE.
Looks like the performance improvements are aided by the new native methods in the latest browsers. I wonder at what point they will stop supporting older browsers like IE6.
Here is the article on different JavaScript trim methods: http://blog.stevenlevithan.com/archives/faster-trim-javascri...