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The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/ma

The "How 2.0 Changed" section only lists dropping support for IE 6/7/8 and reduced file size (from dropping the IE support?). Are there any other note worthy/major changes or just minor bug fixes and the like?

apendleton 13y ago
No, the idea has pretty much always been that jQuery 1.9 and 2.0 would be feature-comparable, just with different sizes and supported browsers. See http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-and-beyond/ http://blog.jquery.com/2012/06/28/jquery-core-version-1-9-an...
- as_if 13y ago
  They hate IE SO much, they even made the drop a new major release. This is what I call commitment.
  - dmethvin 13y ago
    Since people see jQuery as a solution for cross-browser issues, dropping some browser support is the biggest change imaginable.
    - jjs 13y ago
      Deprecating old-IE is the solution for cross-browser issues.
  - pbhjpbhj 13y ago
    So Microsoft hate WinXP so much they made dropping support in MSIE a new major release?
  - ward 13y ago
    But isn't that exactly the thing about major releases? That compatibility may be broken. See also http://semver.org/ http://semver.org/
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