big part of jquery is normalizing differences between browsers. also a big part of it was brought in as document.querySelector()
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there are no browser libraries.
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jquery 2 was 12% smaller partly due to IE hacks going. So it kind of happens, they just keep building more api.
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I've been tilting at this for a decade and I think it boils down to them not wanting to ship something that iterates so fast.
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don’t you think this mentality is based on an older browser upgrade cycle? Like when it was every two years rather than auto-patch
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I agree, it would eliminate the huge problem of async/defering javascript resources - we could just rely on jQuery being preloaded
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A lot of the basics did get added to browsers. http://youmightnotneedjquery.com Now, we use jQuery for the plugins and chaining syntax
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I've wanted <script src=... sha=.../> so: Browsers can dedup Users can replace (unminify everywhere!) CDNs are unnecessary
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Most of jQuery *is* built-in browser functionality now. e.g. no more need for sizzle, use querySelectorAll. CSS animations. Etc.
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