Saw that jQuery UI has been updated to 1.5b4 and that Enchant is now part of UI as the effects engine. Neat.
This is what jQuery needs. jQuery started out as a good library, and from my point of view the only usable javascript library for high traffic websites with more than one developer working on it. The library is still uncompeted when it comes to solving those two problems, even though some people will argue that prototype is a bigger library, but hey, just because billions of flies eat manure doesnt make it a delicatess. But what Prototype have and jQuery do not is a good UI-package in Scriptaculous. So when someone wants to build a rich interface for their website, often they go for prototype + scriptaculous, and when you want an ajax-driven front that looks good for your webapp, maybe you turn to ExtJS, but jQuery have until now forced you to write your own UI or download third party plugins with so-and-so support for new jQuery versions.
jQuery UI with Enchant built into it is the Prototype + Scriptaculous-killer when it comes to features and quality. What jQuery needs now is to bundle this with the next Ruby-on-rails killer and with WordPress and they will prevail as the one and only JavaScript library.
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